Quotes About Empathy

We like movies that are going to have a great sense of fun and thrill to them while at the same time remain very grounded in relatable human emotions and conflicts that the audiences can get behind and root for and empathise with.

But as the years have gone by, I've got such a thrill out of shopping for other people. Every time someone tells me they have purchased something, I feel so happy.

'Raazi,' for me, is a human story - it's much more than just a spy thriller.

Part of the reason why I love acting is that you do hope that somehow your work will connect to people and somehow expand their consciousness somewhat, and being able to challenge notions of prejudice through work - through my work - is really thrilling.

Bullying has always been around and there will always be people who thrive on the hurt they cause to others.

Giving and receiving kindness are easy ways to feel good and to help others feel good too. People, organizations, and societies thrive when they are grounded in a culture of kindness.

Oppression thrives on distance - on not actually meeting or seeing the oppressed.

Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.

I thrive on having support around me, even if they are not actively doing something. I feel happier, more confident.

No one should ever suffer in silence. Bullies thrive in silence.

People thrive on genuine connections - not with machines, but with each other. You don't want a robot taking care of your baby; an ailing elder needs to be loved, to be listened to, fed, and sung to. This is one job category that people are - and will continue to be - best at.

I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.

I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.'

I went to one doctor who told me I wasn't exercising enough. I was so exhausted, I couldn't raise my arm. When this doctor called it psychosomatic, I was enraged. To think the constant sore throat and swollen glands were all in my head was infuriating.

There are terrible things going on in the world, but I am not going to force them down everyone's throats.

I'm not trying to shove anything down anybody's throat.

You don't accomplish a lot by changing people's opinions by shoving facts down their throat. I think you change people's opinions by opening your heart up and showing the parallels between you and another person. That's how people's ideas shift.

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.

Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions to help their neighbors.

We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.

I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.

I believe that dialogue is the key to breaking through our tendency to separate and isolate. Dialogue changes isolation and loneliness into connection and interdependence. This, I believe, is the essence of Buddhism.

Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one's own desires through which one listens.