Empathy Quote by Zadie Smith

Daumier paints with an enormous capacity for absolute empathy; a complete identification of himself with the figures he paints. He sets forth what it…

— David Sylvester

Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.

— Zadie Smith

I began to use my sensitivity. And I realized I wasn't weird because I cried a lot.

— Sherilyn Fenn

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

“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

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

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

“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

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

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

“Understanding breeds empathy.”

— Christopher Paolini

“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