“Feel is a combination of sensitivity, intuition, and empathy. It's one of the most important things to learn when working with horses or with people. (...) feel can't really be taught; it can only be learned. You have to develop it through tuning in, observing, paying attention, experimenting, listening, and trying to put yourself inside the experience of another.”
Source: Think Like a Horse: Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy
“Para Rick Deckard, un robot humanoide fugitivo, equipado con inteligencia superior a la de muchos seres humanos, que hubiera matado a su amo, que no tuviera consideración por los animales ni fuera capaz de sentir alegría empática por el éxito de otra forma de vida, ni dolor por su derrota, era la síntesis de los Asesinos.”
Source: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“The greatest witness we can give another is grace. Showing mercy and grace is a privilege. Do you have the capacity to exhibit this?”
Source: Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design
“We are imperfect creatures. Imperfection breeds empathy and understanding. Empathy and understanding breed forgiveness. Forgiveness breeds love.
And we all need more love in our lives.”
“Refrain from feeling sorry for the abuser as this is not love. Love is a verb. Love acts as love is.”
Source: Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design
“The same wind blows on us all, winds of disaster, opportunity, change and zeal. However, it is not the blowing wind that determines our direction in life but the fundamental task of setting our sails.”
Source: Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design
“When empathy is present in a companies culture, employees feel safe and they bring the fullness of who they are into the company instead of just a piece of themself. And that cultivates trust. And that's good for everyone.”
“One person's pain doesn't negate another's. Our heartaches are not competition, but the bridge to empathy. So that we can look at one another and know that on some level, we understand. That's one beautiful thing about grief, I think. That sometimes, we can find someone in the world to look at from the other side of the bridge of our torments and know that we are not alone.”
“It had become my opinion that the unenlightened were unenlightened for a reason and that while the unexamined life may not be worth living, according to Socrates, at least it might make survival desirable.”
Source: Heaven and Hurricanes
“I cannot listen to my child with empathy if I am inwardly preoccupied with being a good mother; I cannot be open to what she is telling me. This can be observed in various parental attitudes.”
Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence