"Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?"

Empathy, Understanding

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"Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?"

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"There are some great positive quotes out there that I can't quite share as I wonder how a victim in a war torn country could be expected to see from their perspective?"

Jay Woodman, British Motivational Speaker

Empathy, Perspective, War, Reality

"But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day."

Barack Obama, American President

Empathy, God, People, Day, Grace

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Empathy, Humanity, Living

"Maybe we have shoes so we can learn to walk in another's oath before judging their footsteps?"

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Empathy, Understanding, Judgment, Life

"If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way."

Anais Nin, American Author

Empathy, Act, Being, Fate, Poverty

"Still, this was on the order of a minor miracle, running across someone to whom you can express your feeling so clearly, so completely. Most people go their entire lives without meeting a person like that. It would have been mistake to label this "love". It was more like total empathy."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Empathy, Connection, Love, Understanding

"The pain of humanity's most maltreated victims echoes deep within each of us, in the form of our shame or ignorance."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Empathy, Pain, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational

"Because no one is walking in your shoes, only you feel the sores on your feet."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Empathy, Shoes, Sores, Individuality

"Embrace love and compassion with all your spirit. Understand that they never hurt or offend, they just heal and empower."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Empathy, Love, Compassion, Healing, Spirit

"The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Empathy, Problem, Indifference, Selfishness

Explore more quotes by Pablo Picasso

"When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it."

Existence

"They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better."

Creativity

"My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

Success

"The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?"

Creativity

"Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time."

Life

"You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea."

Creativity

"One must act in painting as in life, directly."

Creativity

"What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero."

Genius

"The people who make art their business are mostly imposters."

Business

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

Success