Quotes About Empathy

Live life like it's the last day for EVERYONE ELSE.

People will not remember what you said, they will remember how you made them feel, if you consciously cultivate humility and learn from everyone you meet, they will remember you.

People will not remember what you said, they will remember how you made them feel

Next time you are in a negotiation, don't forget to relax your face.

people perceive you as stupid when you do this. Just keep quiet when someone is talking.

when they're done speaking, wait for two seconds before responding.

we beat ourselves up in ways in which we would never beat up someone we loved.

Engage with nobody who is bad to you. When you get in the mud with a pig, the pig gets happy and you get dirty.

For instance, you can say, "I know you might not trust me. I know you have had bad dealings in the past. I know you've had a hard childhood and this is the only way to make money." They will say, "That's right." And once you have empathy with them, you can be a little more insistent on what it is you want.

Whatever they say, repeat the last one to three words. Do this as much as possible.

Don't be afraid to go silent. Mirror and then have the confidence to go silent.

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We can feed ourselves but ultimately life is better when we feed each other.

The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don't see.

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

Whoever debases others is debasing himself.

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being.

We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them -- to try to understand what you have done, why you have done it. That way, you can begin to forgive yourself. That's very important. If you don't forgive yourself you'll never be able to forgive anybody else and you'll go on committing the same crimes forever.

We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

It comes as a great shock…to discover that the flag to which you have pledged allegiance…has not pledged allegiance to you. It comes as a great shock to see Gary Cooper killing off the Indians, and although you are rooting for Gary Cooper, that the Indians are you.

Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are and who you think you are. You can not describe anything without betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything.

You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important.