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Quotes About Empathy

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.
~ Edward de Bono
I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.
~ Angelina Jolie
A sick body with a good heart is more beneficial to future lives than a fit, healthy body that is used for self-cherishing.
~ Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.
~ James Brown
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
~ Charles Dickens
We educate one another; and we cannot do this if half of us consider the other half not good enough to talk to.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I hope karma will come round and get me and I'll benefit from it.
~ David Schwimmer
The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.
~ Lou Holtz
I want to be a good human being.
~ Jeremy Renner
Education is the key. With a really good education, you have a much broader view of the world. Well-educated people can seek help for themselves. They can help others.
~ Laura Bush
I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.
~ K'naan
Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can't be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.
~ Richard Branson
Your education tends to develop the brain while it neglects the heart, so you have a longing for teachings that develop and strengthen the good heart.
~ Dalai Lama
A good book is an education of the heart.
~ Susan Sontag
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.
~ David Simon
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
~ Washington Irving
I firmly believe that we're all good people, but sometimes it's hard to understand how to do good.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships.
~ Benjamin Spock
A little flattery makes people feel good about themselves. When you notice someone looking great, give them a compliment.
~ Ken Blanchard
All the world loves a good loser.
~ Kin Hubbard
Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.
~ Tim Robbins
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
~ Eric Hoffer
It is only those who know how to feel that "this is not good" who devise improvements.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed.
~ Shirley Manson