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“As soon as we open our eyes in the morning, what we want most is to matter, to live a life and to do a work that has meaning. We have evolved to feel this way. Man's first thought was 'I AM'.”

Book:Difference: The one-page method for reimagining your business and reinventing your marketing

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“You can't love someone without imaginative sympathy, without beginning to see the world from another point of view. You can't be a good lover, a good artist or a good politician without this capacity (you can get away with it, but that's not what I mean). Show me the tyrants who have been great lovers.”

Stories Empathy Narrative Narratology Empathy Psychology

Book:A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

Source: A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

“You need to forgive people you don't understand; if not, try to understand people you want to forgive.”

Communication Empathy Forgiveness Hatred Anger Bad Choices Let Go Of Hate See Through Actions Try To Understand

Author:Shannon L. Alder

“You have to see everyone in relationship to you. Just because you understand the shit in someone else's life doesn't mean you don't stand up for your own”

Empathy Bullying

Book:Whale Talk

Source: Whale Talk

“Some minutes or hours or days later, when I lay boneless and well satisfied, Ethan raised his gaze to mine again. His eyes were silver, his fangs descended. "There is no going back," he said, "Not after this.”

Romance Paranormal

Book:Twice Bitten

Source: Twice Bitten

“I want my father to be just my father, the way he has always been, not a separate person with an earlier, mythological life of his own. Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened.”

Father Knowledge Empathy Parents

Book:Cat’s Eye

Source: Cat’s Eye

“Am I sitting here now, months later, in Los Angeles, writing all this down, because I want my life to matter? Maybe so. But I don't want it to matter more than others. I want to remember, or to learn, how to live as if it matters, as if they all matter, even if they don't.”

Truth Empathy Equality The Golden Rule We Re All In This Together

Book:The Red Parts

Source: The Red Parts

“Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?”

Compassion Kindness Empathy Richelle Goodrich Sympathy Problems Richelle Troubles Dilemmas Dillema

Book:Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“Other people's sorrows and joys have a way of reminding us of our own; we partly empathize with them because we ask ourselves: What about me? What does that say about my life, my pains, my anguish?”

Life Pain Joy Sorrow Empathy Anguish

Book:Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Source: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

“Books can make a difference in dispelling prejudice and building community: not with role models and recipes, not with noble messages about the human family, but with enthralling stories that make us imagine the lives of others. A good story lets you know people as individuals in all their particularity and conflict; and once you see someone as a person—flawed, complex, striving—you’ve reached beyond stereotype.”

Stories Literature Community Books Empathy Racism Prejudice Communicate Stereotype Message Banned Book

Author:Hazel Rochman

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