Empathy Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Empathy.
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“The cause of enmity is lack of empathy.”
“I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.”
“Wikipedia: Empathy”
“If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void.”
“Wiktionary: Empathy”
“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.”
“When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.”
“Among all the creatures of creation, the gods favor us: We are the only ones who can empathize with their problems.”
“What dooms our best efforts to cultivate empathy and compassion is always, of course, other people.”
“Empathy is the fifth component of emotional intelligence… Respect is a stepping stone to Empathy.”
“Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.”
“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other.”
“One of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability.”
“We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others — both human and animal.”
“To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which is the ground for unsentimental compassion and love. (157)””
“This is what differentiates sympathy from empathy. No matter how much I care for you, it's not until I recognize me in you and you in me that the veil of gauze is lifted on the world.”
“The nature of humanity, its essence, is to feel another's pain as one's own, and to act to take that pain away. There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy, a grace in forgiveness.”