Acceptance Quote by Suzy Kassem

“In general, empathy is easier the more we can identify with someone. When we can genuinely envision ourselves in a situation, it's possible to…

— Danielle Ofri

Almost all human beings have the capacity for empathy. Everyone has the potential to be at least troubled, or feel genuine anguish, about the…

— Owen Jones

When you see around you the human form suffering or dissolving, you have empathy on the human level. You share the suffering because it…

— Eckhart Tolle

There is something human about the way people react to and identify with suffering. There's a lot more empathy in the world than we…

— Edwidge Danticat

It is people who go through suffering that have an empathy for the suffering of others.

— Mary Robinson

Empathy should not be contingent on our proximity to suffering or the likelihood of it happening to us. Rather, it should stem from a…

— Clint Smith

Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone…

— Matthieu Ricard

“Some empathy must be learned and then imagined, by perceiving the suffering of others and translating it into one's own experience of suffering and…

— Rebecca Solnit

It is not empathy I seek. I found what I was looking for... envy me!

— Carl Stoynoff

“Empathy requires being attuned to the patient's perspective and understanding how the illness is woven into this particular persons' life. Last--and this is where…

— Danielle Ofri

“Empathy is defined this way: “the ability to share and understand the feelings of another.” Women talking for hours at a lunch. Men walking…

— Wendy Walker

Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who feels empathy.…

— Matthieu Ricard