1,354 Quotes About Empathy

Most of us care about one another. Human beings have considerably more in common with one another than they do differences. One’s religion, political persuasion, family, financial and social status, or vocation does not hamper the common thread of personal decency running through most of humankind.

Boredom is what happens when I fail to make someone interesting

A brand, whose values resonate with its employees on a personal level, is bound to make for stronger convictions, a more engaged sponsor and, ultimately, a stronger customer relationship.

How much of your commercial brand is embedded or allowed into the corporate discourse? How aligned are the communications between the corporate, commercial and employer brands?

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

You’re like a god from a Greek myth, Saiman. You have no empathy. You have no concept of the world beyond your ego. Wanting something gives you an automatic right to obtain it by whatever means necessary with no regard to the damage it may do. I would be careful if I were you. Friends and objects of deities’ desires dropped like flies. In the end the gods always ended up miserable and alone."— Kate Daniels

In return, Giovanni told me that empathizing Italians say L'ho provato sulla mia pelle, which means 'I have experienced that on my own skin.' Meaning, I have also been burned or scarred in this way, and I know exactly what you're going through.

All men are born firstly with the instinct to protect themselves. But few grow to really love themselves, and even fewer learn to love their neighbor as themselves.