Quotes About Sensitivity

Real empathy requires that we develop the capacity to put our own concerns aside long enough to notice what someone else is going through internally, without reference to ourselves.

Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

Perceptibility is a kind of attentiveness.

Les savants ne les comprennent pas et, la plupart du temps, ils les méprisent, parce qu'ils ont trop d'orgueil… Pour aimer les vers, il suffit d'avoir une âme… une petite âme toute nue, comme une fleur… Les poètes parlent aux âmes des simples, des tristes, des malades… Et c'est en cela qu'ils sont éternels… Sais-tu bien que, lorsqu'on a de la sensibilité, on est toujours un peu poète ?…

no matter what Dad thinks or wants or wishes. I feel what I see others feeling or what I believe they feel. Hyperempathy is what the doctors call an "organic delusional syndrome.

Taking cruelty for strength is the most common mistake of youth. Youth only knows life by the intensity of its own feelings—a continuous explosive fortissimo with a foot on the pedal. Youth knows nothing of that supreme sensitivity, the true sensitivity of the strong that denies cruelty; youth has no inkling of the force with which a barely audible pianissimo can strike under your heart.

The one reasonable goal of social life was affirmed ti be the creation of a world of awakened, of sensitive, intelligent, and mutually understanding personalities, banded together for the common purpose of exploring the universe and developing the "human" spirit's manifold potentialities. Imperceptibly the young were led to discover for themselves this goal.

Some people have a sense of unearthly things, just as others have an excellent sense of smell or hearing or taste. They can feel the subtle shifts in the great and complicated body of the world. And some of these have so honed that inner sight that they can even tell where a holy spark has fallen, notice its glow in the very place you would least expect it. The worse the place, the more fervently the spark gleams, flickers— and the warmer and purer is its light.

Dressing the dead man was like a form of caress. I doubt he ever experienced such tenderness in life.

She passed through her childhood blindfolded, picking her way cautiously along, sensitive fingertips stretched out before her to avoid sharp corners and unyielding walls, clinging close to the protection of solitude and isolation.

Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another person's eyes.

There's so much with my character in 'Dredd' that I identify with. She's my favorite character I think I've ever played. She's the most dynamic and fascinating woman that I could even imagine playing, so I love her. What I love about her is that her sensitivity is her greatest strength.

what is a compassionate heart? He tells us: 'It is a heart that burns for all creation, for the birds, for the beasts, for the devils, for every creature. When he thinks about them, when he looks at them, his eyes fill with tears.

Ma non si impara a fare belle fotografie soltanto con una macchina fotografica. La capacità si acquisisce coltivando la propria sensibilità.

We tend to match the emotions of those around us. For example, we're more prone to become stressed when we're around someone who is high-strung. And we're more likely to be in a good mood when others around us are laughing.

I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.

When I liked something I tasted it hesitantly, furtively, as though it were extremely bitter.

Long personal experience had taught me that when a woman suddenly bursts into hysterics, the way to restore her sprits is to give her something sweet.

I was a petal quivering in the slightest breeze, about to fall any moment. Even the slightest insult made me think of dying.

Long personal experience had taught me that when a woman suddenly bursts into hysterics, the way to restore her spirits is to give her something sweet.

Comprender los sentimientos de cualquier mujer es más complicado y desagradable que estudiar las emociones de una lombriz. Según mi experiencia, que viene de cuando era niño, cuando una mujer se pone a llorar de repente, lo mejor es ofrecerle algún dulce y enseguida mejora su humor.

Apparently when someone stays in a civilized kingdom too long, even his skin becomes delicate.

?nsanlar sevinçli anlar?nda ba?kalar?n?n ac?lar?n? fark edemezler de?il mi?

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.