Quotes About Empathy

Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry.

We are stronger when we listen,and smarter when we share.

It is through our hands that we speak to the child. That we communicate. Touch is the child's first language, understanding comes long after feeling

It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention

We have to live over into the other; we have to dissolve with our soul into the other.

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

Misunderstandi ngs happen because we do not understand that different people have different styles of communication.

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.

Real communication is impossible without listening.

All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.

It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.

Communication is not saying something; communication is being heard.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Regardless of our many differences, we all have the same needs. What differs is the strategy for fulfilling these needs.

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open- hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.

Talk to everybody with reverence. Listen to everybody with reverence. Say things with reverence. You will always be happy and graceful.

For me, pictures provide a means of holding, intensely, a moment of communication between one human and another.

When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life.