Quotes About Empathy

I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred.

Mozart makes us care about people in flashes of lightning.

There are people that you don't like because you're jealous of them until you meet them. And you haven't read their book because it's had so much attention. Then you meet them and discover they've been jealous of you, and you become friends.

I think people are intelligent, empathetic, multi-dimensional.

After you play husband and wife on camera multiple times, it becomes easy to be husband and wife off camera as well.

When one woman found out I had multiple sclerosis, she said to me, 'My heart bleeds for you.' I said to her, 'Well, my heart bleeds for you, because you're an idiot.'

My mum told me that the best thing you could give a woman was attention.

I've had dogs all my life. I'm a huge animal lover, especially dogs, so that's one of the hardest things about being away all the time. I really miss them, but my mum does a really good job looking after then when I'm gone.

When I was 13, my mum knew that I was gay, and she just always knew.

I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness.

My mum brought me up on her own. All we really had was each other.

My mum and dad taught me to respect everyone and to be kind.

My sister is just three years older than me, but I never understood her, and I could never relate to her. In fact, I used to feel that I will never be able to like her. But when I came to Mumbai, I started missing her.

I've got a big mummy heart.

If a woman comes out saying she has been abused or assaulted, we should not start finding flaws in her character or try to dig up her past for murky details.

A lot of our communication has now become digital, and it does not mimic the natural way we have evolved to communicate with each other, so it's almost like we have this muscle, these social-emotional skills, and they're atrophying, right?

We think empathy is innate, but it's not. It's a muscle you're working.

Working in a museum has given me a connection to people - to the rest of humanity - that I never had before.

People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.

Miley Cyrus, like all of us, needs to be loved. We all come from complicated parents... I understand her, and I love her, and I think things will be different with her. But you know, in the music business, sometimes you have to shock a little.

As a music lover, I always adore when artists write about what's currently happening in their life. I find that the most interesting to listen to, just because I am extremely nosey.

I love animals. Even if you go back to my music video days, I can't tell you how many animals I used.

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.

Right now, musically I'm inspired by everyday people.