1,354 Quotes About Empathy

When someone says to us, as Thich Nhat Hanh suggests, "Darling, I care about your suffering," a deep healing begins.

When we take into consideration the needs of both ourselves and others, we communicate honestly, compassionately and effectively.

The hardest and hardiest, heartiest defense comes squarely from where it can empathize with the artiest and sharpest, smartest offense.

The women ranged in age, but they were all old enough to know that in the currency of friendship, empathy is more valuable than accuracy.

Sure, the outcome was favourable, but what was the cost? Wasn't changing the way she felt about something not far from taking away her free will altogether?

If art does not enlarge men's sympathies, it does nothing morally.

The only way to change someone's mind is to connect with them from the heart.

Jealousy knows neither morality nor empathy.

I like to think I’ve written something worth reading when I cry the tears of the characters