Quotes About Empathy

Writing is a psychological process. It is the process of taking what is in your mind and sharing it with others.

Growth seems to evolve from a narrow-minded, constricted worldview (selfish) to an ever-more-encompassing worldview (multiperspective caring). To put it simply, the more self-centered you are, the lower you tend to land on these scales, while the more perspectives you can entertain—the more empathy you can show and the better your ability to see things from a variety of viewpoints—the higher you land on these scales.

We attend a postmodern meeting, and everyone leaves happy because everyone at the meeting was able to express himself or herself, even if no decisions were made. We give equal awards to our kids so nobody feels left out. Our news media is more concerned with the question, "How did that make you feel?" than any other.

Stop wishing that other people would act differently, either accept them for who they are or stop being around them.

When a person has developed an ongoing relationship with the peaceful internal state, then he or she will likely begin to display certain characteristics such as empathy, forgiveness, magnanimity, altruism, compassion, and benevolence. And when someone displays any of the above, we generally start speaking about that person as spiritual, even though he or she may not represent a religion of any kind.

If people can be around each other doing co-human things—i.e., things that everyone does, such as eating food, helping others, creating, talking about the weather, etc.—and not feel threatened, anxieties are reduced, empathy is increased, trust is built, and perceptions are changed.

Moral growth corresponds with people's ability to see the world from an ever-increasing number of perspectives and act accordingly.

Without a tapestry of caring, civilization would collapse into a chaotic every-man-for-himself battlefield.

We, the willing, should practice the art of lifting the ideological veil and seeing co-humanity everywhere.

There are two quick ways of connecting with people. Find a common interest or share a painful experience that people can relate to.

Wer nochmal davongekommen ist, mag sich nicht dauernd dran erinnern lassen, dass andere weniger Glück hatten. Dass sie auf Hilfe angewiesen sind. Und ein Recht auf Hilfe haben!

We mean to explore kindness and its enormous silences.

I've made a song for the poorly loved And songs for everything I grieved For unaccompanied slave and shark, For queens who've gone into the dark.

Leurs yeux étoiles bestiales Eclairent ma compassion Qu'importe ma sagesse égale Celle des constellations Car c'est moi seul nuit qui t'étoile

Et maintenant / Tu me ressembles tu me ressembles malheureusement

Mais riez riez de moi Hommes de partout surtout gens d'ici Car il y a tant de choses que je n'ose vous dire Tant de choses que vous ne me laisseriez pas dire Ayez pitié de moi.

Nikada ljudi nisu tako puno komunicirali, nikada tako malo slušali jedni druge.

Now he could say for sure that he'd never known a feeling stronger than that of being at one with another person - that rare feeling of not being alone anymore.

Postoje retki trenuci u životu kada se vrata otvaraju i život vam nudi susret koji niste o?ekivali. Susret sa srodnim bi?em, koje vas prihvata onakvim kakvi jeste, u celosti, koje naslu?uje i razume vaše protivre?nosti, vaše strahove, ose?anja, bes, bujicu mra?nih misli koje vam se motaju po glavi. Bi?em koje vas smiruje. Onim koje vam pruža ogledalo, a vi se ne plašite da se pogledate u njemu.

Books tell us stories, they allow us to vicariously live out snippets of other lives, but they cannot take you in their arms and comfort you when you're scared.

à quoi bon prétendre que l'on aime quelqu'un si on n'est pas capable de le protéger?

Ngay c? con v?t hung d? nh?t còn bi?t xót th??ng-Shakespear

Nikada nikome nije pala kapa s glave jer je nekom poklonio minut svog vremena.

I ne poznavaju?i je, on je ose?ao da njih dvoje dele isti bol. Ona je svoj nosila kao zastavu, a on je svoj skrivao iza titule doktora. Mada, na kraju krajeva, pripadali su istoj grupi.