Quotes by Empathy For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. empathy apathy america Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance. Arundhati Roy empathy fighting giving The thing that enchants me the most is the ability women have to feel other people's pain. The total empathy that women have is extraordinary. Ashton Kutcher empathy pain people nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity. Audrey Hepburn empathy careers compassion Empathy is the most powerful weapon [...] Augusto Boal empathy powerful weapons Marriage is going to be that happy state in which we get all of the nurturance and care and love and empathy and even good advice that we didn't receive from our families. Augustus Napier empathy advice love There are two side to every issue. Ayn Rand empathy issues two-sides Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world. Barack Obama empathy quality character But it will depend on young people like you being open to new ideas and new possibilities. And it will require young people like you never to stereotype or assume the worst about other people. Barack Obama empathy people ideas We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin, young, famous, safe, and entertained. Barack Obama empathy compassion goal Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let’s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy and remind ourselves of all the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together. Barack Obama empathy imagination dream The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit. Barack Obama empathy country thinking What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values than you Barack Obama empathy shoes people Let us join together across denominations, religions and cultures to make a habit of empathy and reach out to those most in need. To share the blessings we enjoy and to advance the cause of peace in all corners of our world. Barack Obama empathy our-world blessing My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction. Barack Obama empathy powerful heart I hope you don’t listen to this. I hope you choose to broaden, and not contract, your ambit of concern. Barack Obama concern empathy contracts Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs...that's the "big kahuna" in managing people. Barbara Corcoran empathy people needs Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life. Barbara Kingsolver empathy eye looks the novel is inherently a political instrument, regardless of its subject. It invites you - more than invites you, induces you - to live inside another person's skin. It creates empathy. And that's the antidote to bigotry. The novel doesn't just tell you about another life, which is what a newspaper would do. It makes you live another life, inhabit another perspective. And that's very important. Barbara Kingsolver empathy perspective political Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people. Barbara Kingsolver empathy literature people «1234567891011»