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Quotes About Empathy

Our relationship with the other, be it a thing or an organism, and the other's relationship with us, is what determines our humanity. And this is a timeless (sanatana) truth (satya), a discovery of our ancestors,
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
establish a world where the head is balanced with the heart, wealth with wisdom, and discipline with compassion. Come,
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Dharma is not about winning. It is about empathy and growth. Yudhishtira knows the pain of losing a child. He can empathize with his enemy rather than gloat on their defeat. In empathy, there is wisdom.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Humanity was blessed with a faculty that enabled it to empathize and exploit. It was this unique faculty that allowed humans to forsake the jungle and establish civilization.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Dharma is more about empathy than ethics, about intent rather than outcome. I
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Humans alone of all living creatures can reject the law of the jungle and create a code of conduct based on empathy and directed at discovering the meaning of life.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
The aim of his narrative is to remind all not to judge people without knowing their story. Even the worst of villains has a story that perhaps explains their actions, without condoning them.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
According to the Jatakas, the Buddha was born as a frog in one of his previous lives. He saw a snake being attacked by a school of fish. The snake asked, 'Is this appropriate?' to which the frog replied, 'You eat the fish when they enter your territory. The fish attack you when you enter theirs. Considering the context,
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Through the story of Ram, Vyasa is trying to explain that while we believe our problems are the greatest and our misfortunes the worst, there is always someone out there who has suffered more. And just as they survived and triumphed over their suffering, we must too.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
According to the Jatakas, the Buddha was born as a frog in one of his previous lives. He saw a snake being attacked by a school of fish. The snake asked, 'Is this appropriate?' to which the frog replied, 'You eat the fish when they enter your territory. The fish attack you when you enter theirs. Considering the context, what is happening now is surely appropriate.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Thanks to our larger brain, we can imagine and create a world where we can look beyond ourselves, include others, and make everyone feel wanted and safe. We can, if we wish to, establish a society where the mighty care for the meek, and where resources are made available to help even the unfit thrive. This is dharma.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Empathy enables exchange
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
while we believe our problems are the greatest and our misfortunes the worst, there is always someone out there who has suffered more. And just as they survived and triumphed over their suffering, we must too.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
A society that does not make room for imperfection can never be a happy society.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Unless there is empathy and inclusion, dharma cannot be established. Bhima
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
The journey from human to divine is to achieve conceptual clarity and appreciate the world as it is, while empathizing with how others perceive it.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Villains have no gender
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
conflict does not necessarily happen when one is right and the other is wrong; it can happen simply because two people follow different value systems.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
To see the world from another's point of view, and make sense of it.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
To see the world from another's point of view, and make sense of it.' 'I think it has blossomed in Ram.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
True love is the ability to love people despite their mistakes.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
If you can empathize with the fears that make people heroes, villains and victims, then you are doing darshan. For then you look beyond the boundaries that separate you from the rest.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Sometimes, you can see more than me, but you pretend to know less so that I don't feel intimidated by you. I do the same for you. We do not feel superior when the other is vulnerable; or inferior when we feel helpless. This is what sustains our relationship.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
Demons are just humans we refuse to understand or tolerate.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik