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“These were sad people, and for the world I wanted to think of them as decent. Perhaps they were decent enough, but the place made them so offensive to me that all who lived there became there.”

Book:I Am Not Sidney Poitier

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“I remember just after 9/11/2001 people were putting up American flags-- stand with America against its enemies was the prevailing feeling-- and all I could think was "that's the feeling that got us here." It seemed to me that empathy for our ostensible enemies was the only way we could move forward to something better. I know that's true now.”

Wisdom America Growth Progress Perspective Evolution Empathy Enemies 9 11 On Mourning

Author:Shellen Lubin

“If we allow ourselves to perceive each other as enemies, to be enemies, and to behave as if we are, there is no hope. We have to have empathy. We have to believe there is hope.”

Hope Perception Empathy Judgement Enemies Condemnation Self Righteousness On Mourning

Author:Shellen Lubin

“Перерахую здібності, що пов'язані з гуманітарними науками та мистецтвом: здатність до критичного мислення; здатність відірватися від приватних інтересів і поглянути на світові проблеми з точки зору "громадянина світу"; і, нарешті, здатність співчутливо ставитися до труднощів іншої людини.”

Empathy Critical Thinking Citizen Humanities

Book:Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

Source: Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

“Writers write to understand, and readers read with a secret hope that someone else does.”

Empathy Fiction Food For Though

Book:Hearth Fires

Source: Hearth Fires

“We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can look at the world in a new way.”

Empathy Connect

Book:The Wren, the Wren

Source: The Wren, the Wren

“No bikinis on a first date.” He nods. “I’m sure that’s a rule. Or should be. For my sisters anyway.”

Funny Romance Humour Young Adult Young Adult Romance

Book:My Life Next Door

Source: My Life Next Door

“There is no distinction between a dead man and a person who is still alive but has no emotion.”

Depression Empathy Emotions

Book:Veronica

Source: Veronica

“As a teammate, strive for empathy Put yourself in your teammates' shoes Understand their perspective Understand where they are coming from”

Leadership Team Empathy Management Teamwork Teammate

Author:Mario Maruffi

“Feeling guilt is a reflection of your capacity for empathy, not an indication that you have made a mistake.”

Empathy Guilt

Book:Love Every Day: 365 Relational Self-Awareness Practices to Help Your Relationship Heal, Grow, and Thrive

Source: Love Every Day: 365 Relational Self-Awareness Practices to Help Your Relationship Heal, Grow, and Thrive

“By empathy, I do not mean the capacity to feel the same way someone else feels. This is sympathy. Sympathy is highly touted, but in my opinion, somewhat overrated. By empathy, I do not mean acting in a tender, understanding manner. This is support. Support is also highly valued and overrated. So what is empathy? Empathy is the ability to comprehend with accuracy the precise thoughts and motivations of other people in such a way that they would say "yes, that is exactly where I'm coming from.”

Empathy Sympathy

Book:Feeling Good

Source: Feeling Good

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