Quotes About Empathy

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day.

If someone is being bullied or feels like an outsider, and they relate to something that I've done, even if it's just igniting a spark, that's great. I had that feeling as a kid. I was messed with no end.

Great conversations always spark in a genuine interest to recognize and know the other person's story and, therefore, recognizing and understanding and celebrating their humanity.

At KIND, our purpose is to spark kindness.

If I can inspire one spark of awareness or get a spark of introspection or reflection about someone else's life, that's a beautiful thing, in my opinion.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

I'm such a believer in 'if you're beautiful on the inside it really shows on the outside.' I know a lot of people who are physically very beautiful, but their inside doesn't represent that. So to me, it just doesn't come across as having a sparkle to them or an energy that just radiates.

I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good.

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

Just because you might have a sparring match on the air doesn't mean there's any personal animosity.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

It's a common mistake to speak the same to everybody. We all have different filters.

I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.

I can speak a little German, a little Spanish, and I was a psych major, so I'm good at listening to people's problems.

When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place. Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he's got his heart in the right place.

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can't possibly speak for a diverse group of people. I don't know what it's like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.

One should have humanity and should know what to speak and how to behave, and our lifestyle should be good.

Listen more than you speak.

It's possible of course, especially when you're young, to read a book and take it to your heart. And you don't need to speak to anybody about it - it's so important to you: You have found it.

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.

It's hard when you're not a native speaker, because everyone's laughing, and you're like, 'What was that? Can you tell me again?'

We can't avoid that our daily and intimate manner of speaking is sometimes rough.

You always gonna feel me. That's my main thing. When I'm speaking in my music, you gotta feel me.