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Empathy Quotes
"In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility."
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"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."
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"Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse."
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"We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges."
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"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?""
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"Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own."
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"Don't criticize them, they are just what we would be under similar circumstances."
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"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own."
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"Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over."
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"Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn."
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"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."
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"We begin to learn wisely when we're willing to see world from other people's perspective."
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"To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating."
10
"Your destiny is your responsibility."
9
"It is unfortunate that many people today cannot realize the need around them."
8
"Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are."
8
"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path."
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"People die from lack of shared empathy and affinity. By establishing social connectedness, we give hope a chance and the other can become heaven. ['Le ciel c'est l'autre']"
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"Three-fourths of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of our adversaries and understand their standpoint."
8
"There is always a need to understand that others don't think the way that you do."
8
"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?"
7
"It's not mind-reading,' she said. 'Not even an empathy link. Just - a temporary wave of exhaustion. Primal emotions. Your pain washes over me. I take on some of your burden.'Nico's expression became guarded. He twisted the silver skull ring on his finger, the same way Reyna did with her silver ring when she was thinking. Sharing a habit with the son of Hades made her uneasy."
7
"There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs."
7
"I must turn myself around so that I am viewing life as my prospects see it. Only then can I start addressing their issues, help to prevent their pain, and advise on solutions to their problems."
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"Embrace love and compassion with all your spirit. Understand that they never hurt or offend, they just heal and empower."
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"Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him."
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"Don't judge someone's choices without first knowing their reason."
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"Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?"
6
"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
6
"The only way to change someone's mind is to connect with them from the heart."
6
"If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs."
6
"The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have genuine empathy, not as a make-nice tool but as an understanding, is essential to the next step."
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