Quotes About Empathy

Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.

If I can help create empathy and balance in society, I'm going to do whatever I can to tell stories that subconsciously create that.

I think that's why I'm an actor: so I can tell those stories without having to really live through those stories with real consequences and real stakes, real responsibility.

I can't remember how old I was, maybe 13, 14, and to see these fellows and hear their stories and to see life come to such a drab ending - my God, a poorhouse in those days was something. You would have to be inert not to respond to it.

It was very cold in jail. But inmates were good. They shared their stories with me.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

I've always been involved with charities and things like that, but when I started communicating with the fans and hearing their stories about the lives they lead, it really made an impact on me.

Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?

The same way that you are the main character of your story, you are only a secondary character in everybody else's story.

Honestly, my goal is just to let people hear my story and just like, feed everybody that could relate to my story in any way.

Each day has a story to - deserves to be told, because we are made of stories. I mean, scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories.

Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don't ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.

I really don't look up to anybody that is doing that great in life, because I don't know their story.

Everyone's story is different, and we can't really be inside them.

When you are doing a real life story, it requires a lot of sensitivity, a lot of responsibility.

I want everyone who's listening to know who I am and not just see me as this singer. I want them to feel connected to my story.

One of the saddest things in this world is to see a child grow up hating one of their parents because they only got one side of the story.

I like to say, 'You get as much story as you can take.' But you have to effectively render it.

When you're drinking from a creek, it's not a good news story. When you don't have food for a baby, it's not a good news story.

You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story.

You can have an interesting story about a person living an interesting life. And if it's done well, that is just as engaging as the end of the world. A million people dying - we can't process. One person, we can process.

Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.

When you write stories linking reality to a big storyline, people relate to it better.

I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I couldn't articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can't explain it.