Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. May these quotes inspire you to have empathy towards others so that we may make the world a better place.
1. “Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.” Anonymous
2. “I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.” Maya Angelou
3. “Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.” Mohsin Hamid
4. “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” Meryl Streep
5. “True empathy requires that you step outside your own emotions to view things entirely from the perspective of the other person.” Anonymous
6. “We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.” Carl Rogers
7. “One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.” Charles M. Blow
8. “Empathy is simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of you’re not alone.” Brene Brown
9. “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscaglia
10. “Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people.” C. Joybell
11. “The highest form of knowledge is empathy.” Bill Bullard
12. “Have compassion and empathy in your heart. Many people are suffering deep emotional anguish beneath the surface of their lives, and smile even as they hurt inside.” Jim Palmer
13. “The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” Hannah Arendt
14. “See the light in each other. Be the light for each other.” Anonymous
15. “The opposite of anger is not calmness, it’s empathy.” Mehmet Oz
16. “The greatest cruelty is our casual blindness to the despair of others.” Anonymous
17. “Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness.” Seneca
18. “Stay connected to feel empathy, compassion, and understanding for yourself and others.” Vanessa Tucker
19. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Plato
20. “Empathy is a skill like any other human skill. If you get a chance to practice, you can get better at it.” Professor Simon Baron Cohen
21. “Compassion, empathy, and love are the real pillars we need to build within ourselves to become human.” Loknath
22. “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” Mother Teresa
23. “There is a nobility in compassion, a beauty in empathy and a grace in forgiveness.” Anonymous
24. “I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.” Roger Ebert
25. “The outward expression of empathy is courtesy.” Stewart Butterfield
26. “No one heals themselves by wounding another.” Anonymous
27. “We must understand before we judge.” Anonymous
28. “Empathy and compassion will make our world better.” Anonymous
29. “Empathy requires knowing that you know nothing.” Leslie Jamison
30. “When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.” Susan Sarandon
31. “Empathy is a special way of coming to know another and ourself.” Carl R. Rogers
32. “Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a longing to be greater than oneself.” Anonymous
33. “The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy.” Dean Koontz
34. “Empathy is essential to peace.” Anonymous
35. “Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.” Oprah Winfrey
