Empathy Quotes

Empathy Quote of the day

Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Empathy is the most powerful weapon [...]

Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential.

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

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

The empathic understanding of the experience of other human beings is as basic an endowment of man as his vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell

It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person.

Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we'd like each other a little bit more.

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.

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

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has a thousand names and is by my side at every window.

By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.

You don't need religion to have morals. If you can't decide right from wrong then you lack empathy, not religion.

Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.

Insensitivity makes arrogance ugly; empathy is what makes humility beautiful.

Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.

Listen, that you may live.

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing.

Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong. While you see it your way, there's a chance that we might fall apart before too long. We can work it out. W e can work it out.

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well.

I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.

Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power to forgive.

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.

Alas! we must suffer ourselves before we can feel for others.