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With empathy, I'm fully with them, and not full of them - that's sympathy. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

There's no emotion more revolutionary than empathy. — Gloria Steinem

You don't think any job's a job unless it's your job. — Last Man Standing

I am older and have more control over my empathy,' said Qwan. 'That's why I didn't throw up.' And having said that, he threw up. — Eoin Colfer

Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out. — Mary Kay Ash

I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer. — Alex Flinn

What I mean by "empathy" is putting yourself in other people's shoes, feeling what they feel. — Paul Bloom

I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think. — Bat For Lashes

Empathy? What's that?" Glokta winced as he rubbed at his aching leg. "It's a sad fact, but pain only makes you sorry for yourself. — Joe Abercrombie

Practice empathy. Try to see things from other people's points of view. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

A respectful understanding of another's experience. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

I think it's a good idea to always question authority, but don't judge, have empathy towards your fellow man. — Bobby Blaze Smedley

Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt ... you're a better witness for what's beautiful. — Matt De La Pena

It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training. — Douglas Adams

If you look into someone's face long enough, eventually you're going to feel that you're looking at yourself. — Paul Auster

Women's networks are a necessary part of life. A mixture of empathy and brainstorming can move mountains. — Hazel Hawke

That's the thing about empathy - even people with an abundance of it can run out. — Theresa Brown

But when he's cut, I bleed. — Lois McMaster Bujold

A fly rod extends a fly fisher's being as surely as do imagination, empathy or prayer. — David James

Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side's demands - knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them. — Daniel Goleman

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others. — Andre Gide

I think it's really healing to see movies that are based on true stories. It builds so much more compassion and empathy. — Vanessa Hudgens

It's not so much the journey that's important; as is the way that we treat those we encounter and those around us, along the way — Jeremy Aldana

Empathy is a creative act. It is the act of imagining ourselves not only in another's shoes, but perhaps inhabiting their very heart and soul. — Michele Jennae

To be a strong and empathetic person always requires us to trust that God will send angels to the people's heart we tried to reach, but couldn't. — Shannon L. Alder

To make art is to realize another's sadness within, realize the hidden sadness in other people's lives, to feel sad with and for a stranger. — Marianne Wiggins

You know that it's hard work to consistently apply self-awareness, empathy, and self-control, — Jen Shirkani

I was one of the haves, and one of the secrets of being a have is not wasting your time on empathy. — Peter S. Beagle

Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs ... that's the "big kahuna" in managing people. — Barbara Corcoran

I stumble and fall.
I weep and struggle to rise.
My mom feels it all. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

There's something in everyone only they know. — Ben Harper

I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

If language was given to men to conceal their thoughts, then gesture's purpose was to disclose them. — John Napier

Never say you understand someone's pain if you haven't felt the same, because not only would you sound mocking but also ignorant. — Lolah Runda

It is not the perceived power of money and fame that will change the course of events in one's life, but empathy. — Trever Hagen

Imagining someone else's pain with too much surety can be as damaging as failing to imagine it. — Leslie Jamison

I think if God came down and gave us all His version of Empathy then all the world's problems would surely become a thing of the past. — Duane Hewitt

But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got. — Cheryl Strayed

Have greater compassion and empathy for others, and don't judge anyone, because you have no idea what's going on in their life. — Sandra Vischer

If you're treating people poorly then you're not emulating God's love. God always resides with the broken hearted. — Shannon L. Alder

I was trying to keep God's pain at arms length. — Mike Weaver

Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Allowing yourself to become empathic to the point of being traumatized by another's experience is unnecessary and ineffective. — Deborah Sandella

We live close together and we live far apart. We all go through the same things-it's all just a different kind of the same thing. — Susan Glaspell

Empathy is walking a mile in somebody else's moccasins. Sympathy is being sorry their feet hurt. — Rebecca O'Donnell

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change. — Max Carver

The thing that enchants me the most is the ability women have to feel other people's pain. The total empathy that women have is extraordinary. — Ashton Kutcher

An affective response more appropriate to another's situation than one's own. — Martin Hoffman

Empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes. It is not learned in school; it is cultivated over a lifetime. — Albert Einstein

I think that's an incredible thing that we can do as actors - to feel empathy toward someone that you may otherwise detest, you know? — Jennifer Jason Leigh

It's hard to pull apart empathy from compassion. What is really clear is that we innately care for other people at least to some extent. — Paul Bloom

There is nothing like another's perspective to remind you that your way is not the right way; it is simply your way. — Chris Matakas

Until you have stood in another woman's stilettos, you will never begin to know the year of pain she felt breaking them in. — Shannon L. Alder

Empathy zooms you in on an individual and, as a result, it's narrow, it's innumerate, it's racist, it's very biased. — Paul Bloom

Empathy is, first of all, an act of imagination, a storyteller's art — Solnit, Rebecca

One must always forgive another's passion. — Pat Conroy

Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Most people know the physical senses, but a lot of people don't know the soul's senses: empathy, trust, intuition, love and harmony — Steven Aitchison

I'm pretty sure all the individuals trying to control other people's happiness have none in their own lives. — Sarah Liss

Empathy is the poor man's cocaine, and love is just a chemical by any other name — Eyedea

Audiences will admire your character's strength but connect with them through their weakness. — Don Roff

You don't have to go through someone's pain to understand it. Empathy is enough. — Saru Singhal

Empathy is a kind of care but it's not the only kind of care, and it's not always enough. — Leslie Jamison

This is the grand fiction of tourism, that bringing our bodies somewhere draws that place closer to us, or we to it. It's a quick fix of empathy. — Leslie Jamison

One of the ultimate challenges for biology is to understand the brain's processing of unconscious and conscious perception, emotion, and empathy. — Eric Kandel

It's very difficult to design something for someone if you have no empathy. — Stewart Butterfield

Today's society is wanting in such a way that Honor, Integrity, Trust, Compassion, Empathy are left for the homeless and their pets. — Solange Nicole

In a democracy, a man who does not listen cannot lead. — David S. Broder

Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective. — Ben Parr

Judgement is always based on experience and sometimes you will battle a person's history first, before commonsense will ever win the war. — Shannon L. Alder

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 perhaps realize. — Edwidge Danticat

We learn to become more empathic when we slow down, become present, and are fully committed to understanding another person's uniqueness. — Arthur P. Ciaramicoli

Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy. — Emma Watson

One does not remember one's own pain. It is the suffering of others that undoes us — Anna Funder

Sorry' isn't a synonym for 'guilty.' It's a way to say you're listening. — Martina Boone

Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while. — Malorie Blackman

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge. — Keira Knightley

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character. — Sue Monk Kidd

I'd rather feel empathy for a character that's fictional, so it doesn't quite tie into personal experience as much. — Henry Cavill

Empathy: Looking Out the Patient's Window — Irvin D. Yalom

Our goal is to create a quality of empathic connection that allows everyone's needs to be met. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

If we possess narrative sympathy - enabling us to see the world from other's point of view - we cannot kill. If we do not, we cannot love. — Richard Kearney

No one can hurt you without teaching a life's lesson. So accept it with love and kindness. — Debasish Mridha

In pursuit of exposing people for who we think they are, we expose ourself. — Shannon L. Alder

It's horrible if someone delights in someone's failures. It's horrible if someone feels bad when someone does good. — K.R. Royal

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy. — David Simon

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike. — Daniel Goleman

Pain without cause is a pain we can't trust. We assume it's been chosen or fabricated. — Leslie Jamison

It is human nature to imagine, to put yourself in another's shoes. The past may be another country. But the only passport required is empathy. — Geraldine Brooks

The ability to infer the specific content of another person's thoughts and feelings. — William Ickes

It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Empathy is cloaked in our actions - as in, we might be experiencing empathy but not realize it's empathy. — Leslie Jamison

Children arrive animists. They learn about life, themselves, and empathy by imagining the liveliness of everything they come into contact with. — S. Kelley Harrell

Become the world's most thoughtful friend. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

So that made me happy but the part that really made me happy was that you wanted me to be happy. That's what Thank you means. — Margaret Atwood

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other. — Salma Hayek

The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision - plus it's a lot of fun to read. — Myla Goldberg

I couldn't even tell if I had any sadness of my own, because I was so full of Abuelita's sadness. — Sonia Sotomayor

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships. — Laura Linney