Quotes about empathy
empathy consciousness biosphere
Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse? Jeremy Rifkin
empathy understanding feels
I will only take something or agree to do something that I feel like I understand, and inherent in understanding is empathy. Gillian Anderson
empathy suffering important
The most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and to understand us. Then we will suffer less. Nhat Hanh
empathy
Leadership is about empathy. Oprah Winfrey
empathy humanity easy
How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all. Margaret Atwood
empathy stories moral
I'm really interested in the pleasure we get from stories and the pleasure we get from movies, and certainly the pleasure we get from virtual experiences. My complaint is against empathy as a moral guide. But as a source of pleasure, it can't be beat. Paul Bloom
empathy be-kind arguing
I argue that we should be kind, we should be compassionate, and we should definitely be reasonable and rational, but that empathy leads us astray.
empathy zoom racist
Empathy zooms you in on an individual and, as a result, it's narrow, it's innumerate, it's racist, it's very biased.
empathy emotion plastic
To experience visually, and to transform our visual experience into plastic terms, requires the faculty of empathy. Hans Hofmann
empathy wish stories
He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ. Fra Angelico
empathy moral righteousness
Empathy is an antidote to righteousness, although it's very difficult to empathize across a moral divide Jonathan Haidt
empathy president politician
President Reagan is a rhetorical roundheels, as befits a politician seeking empathy with his audience. William Safire
empathy mind ears
Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind. Zhuangzi
empathy understanding mind
The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty to the ear, or to the mind.
empathy bless
Bless you for your jealousy; it is a sign of empathy. Yoko Ono
empathy stronger needs
Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy. Zadie Smith