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“Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view.”

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“I am noticing a big difference in the way the hospital workers are looking at me as I approach Jess’s room. The look of sincere sympathy that used to be on their faces when they made eye contact with me is gone. It has been replaced by shear helplessness as they quickly walk past me with their heads tilted down and to the right. I feel like Bud Fox walking into his office with the Securities and Exchange Commission awaiting him.”

Empathy Sympathy Helplessness Hospital Scene

Book:6 Minutes Wrestling With Life

Source: 6 Minutes Wrestling With Life

“When the positive revolution takes hold it will no longer be enough for politicians to gain points through attack or being negative. Politicians will be expected to be constructive.”

Compassion Kindness Support Positive Thinking Empathy Women S Values

Book:Handbook for the Positive Revolution

Source: Handbook for the Positive Revolution

“Es gibt zwei Sorten von Männern. Die einen verstehen 'etwas von Frauen', die anderen sind solche, die einfach 'Frauen verstehen'. Ich weiß nicht, welche Sorte mir verdächtiger ist.”

Men Understanding Women Empathy Prejudice Gender Clichés Mysogyny

Book:Netzkarte

Source: Netzkarte

“Misery comes to miser; joy comes to wiser. (A Very Hot Cup of Tea, Empathy) Juvenile invites, youth tries, adult applies, and the old man dies. (A Straw Man, Empathy) In everyone, there lives a superhero. (The Medicine Man, Empathy) Faith is the strongest word in any dictionary. (The Wisdom Beard, Empathy) I’ve entered into your feelings; it’s your turn now. (Empathy)”

Fiction Comedy Empathy Short Story Death And Dying

Author:D.R. Mirror

“Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their possessions. Poverty provides a deeper motivation for understanding your neighbors, welcoming others and attending to those who are suffering. I would go so far as to say that poverty helps you understand what happiness is, what serenity is in life.”

“My Dearest Julianne, Thank you for your immeasurable gift. The only thing I have of value is my heart. It’s yours, Gabriel.”

Love Romance

Book:Gabriel's Rapture

Source: Gabriel's Rapture

“To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions.”

Inspirational Inspirational Quotes Faith Compassion Courage Empathy Heroes Inspirational Religious

Book:Rise to the Call

Source: Rise to the Call

“Neither did she realise yet that grief is a kind of glue, too, that the essence of humanity is this empathy, and that we fall together in that moment of tenderest perception when we see and feel each other's wounds and know another's sorrow like a brother of our own.”

Humanity Empathy

Book:As it is in Heaven

Source: As it is in Heaven

“...the best way to forgive someone is to enter into their sufferings ...”

Empathy Forgiveness

Book:A Familiar Rain

Source: A Familiar Rain

“What in the blue star-blazes did you see in Jason?" he asked, still forcefully but with his frustration and jealousy under better control. "For one thing, Djetth, he wasn't trying to kill me!" ("Marsh", heroine of Insufficient Mating Material)”

Humor Romance Fantasy Humour Aliens Futuristic Alien Romance

Book:Insufficient Mating Material

Source: Insufficient Mating Material

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