Quotes About Empathy

Yet what people might really need are the tools to connect to their own experiences.

the name of "sharing experiences," people are encouraged to understand what happens to them in terms of how others see it.

Egoism is altruism.

De repente damos muestra de un interés sin precedentes por la suerte de las llamadas formas de vida inferiores, quizá porque estamos a punto de convertirnos en una de ellas.

Humanist psychologists have pointed out that people in distress often don't want a quick fix – they want somebody to listen to them and sympathise with their fears and misgivings.

John Watson, una autoridad reconocida de la puericultura en la década de 1920, advertía severamente a los padres: «No abracéis ni beséis nunca [a vuestros hijos], no dejéis nunca que se sienten en vuestro regazo.

Escaping the narrow definition of self might well become a necessary survival skill in the 21st century

The humanities, in contrast, emphasise the crucial importance of intersubjective entities, which cannot be reduced to hormones and neurons. To think historically means to ascribe real power to the contents of our imaginary stories.

In the end he came to the realization that suffering is not caused by ill fortune, by social injustice, or by divine whims. Rather, suffering is caused by the behaviour patterns of one's own mind

Humans have two types of abilities – physical and cognitive. In the past, machines competed with humans mainly in raw physical abilities, while humans retained an immense edge over machines in cognition. Hence as manual jobs in agriculture and industry were automated, new service jobs emerged that required the kind of cognitive skills only humans possessed: learning, analysing, communicating and above all understanding human emotions.

La moral no significa «seguir los mandatos divinos». Significa «reducir el sufrimiento».

Não tenha receio de posicionar-se de acordo com seus sentimentos. Há a hora de dizer sim e a hora de dizer não. Faça isso com naturalidade e será surpreendido com a reação positiva das pessoas. É que suas energias estarão mais equilibradas e favorecerão o entendimento.

Spider-Man's probably my favorite. You see, Batman is a billionaire and there's nothing really cool about a billionaire saving the world. But Spider-Man is Peter Parker, a conflicted character who puts on a suit and saves the world. I love that.

The best way to travel abroad is to live with the locals.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

Behave like a homeless person, Just don't act like it.

Sometimes you get a flash of what you look like to other people.

Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time.

In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.

Nowadays I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

You know who your true friends are when things go wrong for you, but the opposite is also true. When things go well, the people who really love you are happy.

Creating individuality, which creates and protects others' individualities is good."

Humanity is about raising up each other for good."

Humanity must need to continue because humanity is about humans and humans are nothing without humanity."