Empathy Quotes

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“The seeds of care and empathy are built into every human being and a variety of soils and fertilizers will allow those same seeds to grow and flourish.”

Gudjon Bergmann  

“Extend sympathy, empathy and compassion to others.”

Vishnu  

“Each day is not to be wasted but to be valued and used to make situations more bearable for others, to show sympathy or empathy for others, to contribute to someone else’s skills or to help change a behavior.”

Byron Pulsife  

“The little things you do can be very significant to others.”

Wayne Gerard Trotman  

“The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. ”

Meryl Streep  

“Like many things in life, your compassion is a skill that can be exercised.”

Simeon Lindstrom  

“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. ”

Tahereh Mafi  

“I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. ”

Maya Angelou  

“Empathy is simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of you’re not alone. ”

Brene Brown  

“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself. ”

John Steinbeck  

“The highest form of knowledge is empathy.”

Bill Bullard  

“When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. ”

Susan Sarandon  

“It’s the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else’s pain. ”

Pat Barker  

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. ”

Albert Einstein  

“ Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.”

Anderson Cooper  

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

Leo Buscaglia  

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”

Ernest Hemingway  

“The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.”

Oprah Winfrey  

“Empathy means both understanding others on their own terms and bringing them within the orbit of one’s own experience.”

Jacob A. Belzen  

“I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.”

Mahatma Gandhi  

“Empathetic presence involves listening to someone’s pain with what I call the five A’s: attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and allowing.”

David Richo  

“Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world. ”

Barack Obama  

“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.”

Shannon L. Alder  

“I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.”

Roger Ebert