Empathy quotes
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"For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are."
"Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker."
"You know when ubuntu is there, and it is obvious when it is absent. It has to do with what it means to be truly human, to know that you are bound up with others in the bundle of life."
"Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on."
"Build bridges of insight through empathy, see the world through the eyes of others, understand the world through their experiences, and feel the world through their emotions."
"Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart."
"There's a great deal of difference between temperament and temper. Temperament is something you welcome creatively, for it is based on sensitivity, empathy, awareness ... but a bad temper takes too much out of you and doesn't really accomplish anything."
"In the beginning was the relationship."
"We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering."
"If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive."
"You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself."
"Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world."
"Have empathy, gratitude and respect for every position in the company."
"I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person."
"Photography is an empathy towards the world."
"I can sense your presence in my Heart although you belong to all the world."
"So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'"
"Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love persist."
"Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me."
"Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance."
