Quotes about Empathy

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Walk with me for a while, my friend—you in my shoes, I in yours—and then let us talk. — Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
The exaggerated dopamine sensitivity of the introvert leads one to believe that when in public, introverts, regardless o — Criss Jami, Killosophy
LOVE of others is the appreciation of one's self. MAY your egotism be so gigantic that you comprise mankind in your self — Mina Loy, The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy
Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our ceas — Gregory J. Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
There is no small act of kindness.Every compassionate act makes large the world. — Mary Anne Radmacher
One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone. — Shannon L. Alder
To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which — Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
...It also taught me that while cruelty can be fun for a few moments, compassion has a much longer shelf life. — Doreen Orion, Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
one does not remember one’s own pain. It is the suffering of others that undoes us — Anna Funder, All That I Am
If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. (95) — Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
If bullies actually believe that somebody loves them and believes in them, they will love themselves, they will become b — Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing
What do you want with these special Jewish pains? I feel as close to the wretched victims of the rubber plantations in P — Rosa Luxemburg
Should I, too, prefer the title of 'non-Jewish Jew'? For some time, I would have identified myself strongly with the att — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Humans have long since possessed the tools for crafting a better world. Where love, compassion, altruism and justice hav — Gina Maranto, Quest for Perfection: The Drive to Breed Better Human Beings
I think people believe empathy to be compassion, that compassion is an inner sense (a sense of the soul). But empathy is — C. JoyBell C.
If literature does one thing, it makes you more empathetic by making you live other lives and feel the pain of others. I — Yann Martel
I couldn’t think of anyone I’d ever felt sorry for. There were plenty of kids I was envious of. There were others I achi — Richelle E. Goodrich, Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
I know you want me to feel some sympathy for them, but that's not who I am. I care only about those I know, and even the — Rachel Caine, Lord of Misrule
By revealing to Tomas her dream about jabbing needles under her fingernails, Tereza unwittingly revealed that she had go — Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Everyone has it within their heart to be vegan, but each time they eat anything from an animal they deny that this is so — Mango Wodzak