Empathy Quote by Walt Whitman Download Open image “I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.” — Walt Whitman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Empathy Feels Persons Wounded
But as for me: I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I cannot become the wounded man. The only wounded… — John Green Copy Share Image
How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded. — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
After you've been wounded a few times, it's hard to let somebody get that deep again. — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
The thing about wounded people is wounded people are scared that those wounds are going to end up killing them. They pretend like they're… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
“I asked myself only when he needed my help, "How will the broken heal the wounded?” — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can we hide our wounds?' so we don't have to be embarrassed, but 'How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?' When our wounds cease to be a source of shame, and become a source of… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share
“I don’t know that we ever ‘get rid’ of our woundedness. Our wounding experiences are a part of our history. We can, however, give up defining ourselves by what happened to us in the past. We can stop identifying ourselves with the pain that we have suffered. This is not a denial of what we’ve been through but, rather, an… — Katherine Woodward Thomas Copy Share
“The true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.” — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Wounded?” was all I could manage. “Yes,” said Pat. “And you’re wounded in the same place. That’s what fathers do if they don’t heal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's better to wound yourself to seeking for the better, rather than continuously be wounded by the one you thought was the best. — Laine Copy Share Image
O lands! O all so dear to me - what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“Each of us inevitable, Each of us limitless—each of us with his or her right upon the earth, Each of us allow'd the eternal… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Comerado, this is no book,Who touches this, touches a man,(Is it night? Are we here alone?)It is I you hold, and who holds you,I… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I have sometimes thought that the laws ought not to punish those actions of evil which are committed when the senses are steeped in… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I think I could always live with animals. The more you're around people, the more you love animals. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
So here I sit in the early candle-light of old age-I and my book-casting backward glances over out travel'd road. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I have a lot of empathy, and I think that's where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
Cinematography speaks to everything that women do inherently well: It's multitasking, it's empathy, and it's channeling visuals into human emotion. — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Making a movie is about following characters and embarking on an adventure with them, seeing their reactions, and seeing what they do, having empathy… — Franck Khalfoun Copy Share Image
“A novel is not an allegory...it is a sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I try to treat every job with the exact same level of respect. When I go into it, it doesn't matter what the budget… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
“CWC (Church Women Concerned) enabled us as women in that part of South Africa, to see ourselves as ordinary citizens who found themselves in… — Sindiwe Magona Copy Share Image
Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
I began to use my sensitivity. And I realized I wasn't weird because I cried a lot. — Sherilyn Fenn Copy Share Image