Quotes by Empathy When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something. Jared Sparks empathymotivationallife I fear that we are beginning to design ourselves to suit digital models of us, and I worry about a leaching of empathy and humanity in that process. Jaron Lanier empathydesignworry Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy. Jay Griffiths empathysinginghumanity The ability to experience and understand what others feel without confusion between oneself and others. Jean Decety abilityempathyconfusion Turning a human being into a thing, an object, is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person. It is very difficult, perhaps impossible, to be violent to someone we think of as an equal, someone we have empathy with, but it is very easy to abuse a thing Jean Kilbourne empathyabusethinking The task of the architect is to encompass everything about the site, starting from the concrete conditions and the sensory impressions created by those, to memories of the place, through empathy to vision. Jean Nouvel empathyvisionmemories When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting. Jean Renoir empathyunderstandinginteresting Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse? Jeremy Rifkin biosphereempathyconsciousness We were awash in tiny attentions. Small gestures, words, empathies thought to be extinct came to life... We discovered the color of each other's eyes. Jerry Spinelli empathycoloreye I find that the monsters are usually the people that I have the most empathy for because they're the ones that are hurt the most. There's a reason why they're the monsters. Jessica Chastain empathyhurtpeople The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesnt enter into it. Jill Lepore empathystudyimagination There is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia. Jill Soloway empathyrealcomfort Empathy is a human trait. But lots of humans exercise some traits more energetically than others. By "the usefulness of empathy" I mean the way in which a progressive might claim that empathy is a crucial aspect of any benign political system, and the way a conservative might argue that not only is it not necessary, but it might not even be all that helpful, in that regard. Jim Shepard empathyexercisemean I don't think conservativism is about a deficiency. I think it's about a commitment to an ideology that has to in some ways devalue the usefulness of empathy. I do think empathy can be learned. And enhanced. Jim Shepard empathycommitmentthinking The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just like us. So get to know people, seek out bloggers from a country you're kind of curious about. It's about building empathy and breaking through to the point of recognizing people as people. Jimmy Wales empathycountrypeople Speciesism is a failure to empathize with those outside one's group. In general, speciesists simply disregard the myriad nonhumans whom humans intentionally hurt and kill. Who cares if millions of mice and rats are vivisected? They're 'only rodents'. What does it matter if billions of chickens live in misery until they die in pain and fear? They're 'just chickens'. They aren't human, so they don't count. Victimizers lack empathy for their victims, but absence of empathy doesn't justify victimization, whether the victims are human or nonhuman. Joan Dunayer empathypainhurt Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care. Jimmy Buffett empathyapathyignorance I started young but at every turn, listening provided a foundation for my leadership. I can say categorically that all the really excellent leaders I have known were, in my view, excellent listeners. Joe Shuster empathyleaderviews Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity. Johan Galtung empathyconflictcreativity Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe empathybehaviourmirrors«1011121314151617181920»
