1,354 Quotes About Empathy

That's the thing about empathy—even people with an abundance of it can run out.

We learn to become more empathic when we slow down, become present, and are fully committed to understanding another person’s uniqueness.

Ask yourself if you’re taking the time to see beyond the surface.

the more different you and I are, the less we will be able to identify with each other, and the more difficult it will to understand each other. If we can't see ourselves in another person at all—if his beliefs and background and reactions and emotions conflict too radically with our own—we often just withdraw the assumption that he is like us in any important way. That kind of dehumanization generally leads nowhere good.

Empathy allows us to enter the world of another. It allows us to take a mental vacation from ourselves.

I didn't enjoy what was happening but I enjoyed who I was while I was watching it. It offered evidence of my own inclination toward empathy.

Empathy is the key to negotiating and resolving conflict.

Giving and empathy provide us with opportunities to nurture our innate goodness.

Mankind needs more empathy.