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“For most people, empathy has to be honed. It has to be engaged. It has to be worked on, especially in a world where we’re self-consumed, self-absorbed, self-centered, and entertaining ourselves endlessly with algorithms that have been chosen for ourselves and our desire system. Where is there room for empathy? Where is there room for considering the struggles of others when you’re completely engaged in your own emotional spectrum being triggered by garbage that you let into your face?”

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Author:Marc Maron
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“Don't hurt anyone. Never bully people weaker than yourself. Help out those in need. Some would say that these rules are obvious. But the truth is, the obvious is no longer obvious in today's world. What's worse is that some people even ask why. They don't understand why they shouldn't hurt other people. It's not a simple thing to explain. It's not logical. But if they read books they will understand. It's far more important than using logic to explain something. Human beings don't live alone, and a book is a way to show them that." Rintaro did his best to explain to the invisible listener. "I think the power of books is that that they teach us to care about others. It's a power that gives people courage and also supports them in turn." Rintaro broke off for a moment, biting his lip. "Because you seem to have forgotten," he resumed with all the strength he could muster, "I'm going to say it as loud as I can. Empathy—that's the power of books.”

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Book:The Cat Who Saved Books
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“He smiled. “Go and stretch your wings.” I don’t know why, but his words made me want to cry. I saw no cybernetic limbs, mutations, alterations, additions, or subtractions on Lurrenz. He was just a man. He was like the people I met on my way to Ghana. He accepted what I was as if it were normal. He gazed at me but didn’t stare. His world was big and there was room for me. Saeed took my hand as I slowly got out and came around to the driver’s window. “Thank you,” I said to Lurrenz. He took my free hand. “Jah will protect you.” Then he kissed my hand and let us go. I felt like I’d been blessed.”

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Book:The Book of Phoenix
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“a rose for empathy can my own beauty reflect off glass again the pain subsides like matted walls like hospital halls like gas and pills and sass never can I dance in balls or prance through malls my pelvic gird’ survives tacked back intact i sigh relieved my paralysis stops there died before my eyes the drunk in fact who crashed and thrashed and mashed in flee of cops by grace i stay a higher vertebrate in this ordered peck of vine and line still mine my skin and brain remain not celibate those organs large and whole and sexed and fine the drunk fared worse in life in death in time my paraplegia dared curse his crime not mine”

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Author:Miles Garrett
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“Ma io non so’ infelice, non se tratta de felicità, me sembra d’esse l’unico a rendese conto che semo tutti equilibristi, che da un momento a un altro uno smette de respira’ e l’infilano dentro ’na bara, come niente fosse, che er tempo me sembra come ’n insulto, a te, a papà, e me ce incazzo...”

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Book:Tutto chiede salvezza
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“Knowing yourself gives you the foundation, but it’s what you do with that knowledge that makes all the difference.”

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Book:The Emotional Intelligence and Resilience Handbook: Practical Tools for Growth, Connection, and Leadership for Everyone
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“The abruptness of life's disruptive events can remind us of our vulnerability. By acknowledging the inescapability of future occurrences, we can create mental and emotional shelters that allow us to remain grounded, even when life turns chaotic. We realize we are interconnected, which involves cultivating empathy and moral responsibility for those around us. ("Life had taken them by Surprise “)”

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Author:Erik Pevernagie
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“Negotiation isn't a battlefield; it's a dialogue where we find value in our differences." "The art of negotiation lies in listening more than speaking, finding solutions that honor every voice." "To negotiate effectively is to understand not just what is said, but what is felt." "True negotiation isn't about compromise but crafting a path where everyone walks away with dignity." "In every negotiation, there's an opportunity not just to resolve conflict, but to build a stronger future together.”

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Author:Vorng Panha
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“What are all these guises, aspects, presentations? Only manifestations of what we all are at different times, according to how these needs are pulled out of us. I write in these bald words the deepest lessons of my life, the truest substance of what I have learned. I am not only a Chronicler of Zone Three, or only partially, for I also share in Al-Ith's condition of being ruler insofar as I can write of her, describe her. I am woman with her (though I am man) as I write of her femaleness - and Dabeeb's. I am Ben Ata when I summon him into my mind and try to make him real. I am...what I am at the moment I am that...”

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Book:The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five
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“Someone that has things will never understand those with nothing!" "Never understand? Really? Well of course how can I understand?! It's not like you understand me either! If our environment is different, then what we think, and how we feel, will all be different. No human can fully understand another person's situation! But what I do understand is that you must've been suffering a lot. That has nothing to do with how we're born, what gender we are, or if we have everything or nothing!”

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Book:Wind Breaker 10
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“I'm sorry. I didn't know anything about you, but I acted like I did. You know, here, on this street, I'm able to do what I like most. But in the past things were different. I was just like you. I was suffering so much. But there were people who reached out and helped me. The reason why I am who I am today is all thanks to them." "So what?! Well, good for you! Is that what you wanted to hear from me?!" "I don't know the details about why you don't have anything you like. But you're just like my past self. I can tell that you're suffering just like I did. That's why... I want to help you!”

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Book:Wind Breaker 10
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“DIE TOPOGRAFIE DES MITLEIDS Betrachte die Menschen voller Mitleid Warum sind sie so geknechtet? Was mag mit ihnen passiert sein? Was mag mit dir passiert sein? Vielleicht sind wir am Konsum erkrankt Vielleicht sind wir am Stolz erkrankt Vielleicht sind wir an Apathie erkrankt Dein Besitz wird dich nicht retten Dein Geld wird dich nicht retten Selbst wenn du deine Ersparnisse rettest Das Geld wird nie reichen und du wirst nie reichen Wir betrachten die vernarbte Erde voller Mitleid Was haben wir ihr angetan? Hat sie uns nicht mit Mineralien versorgt Und mit Elektrizität Hat sie uns nicht ausgespuckt Und das Leben geschenkt? Nur um uns wieder zu verschlucken Und mit den Jahreszeiten zu atmen? Damit wir zu ihrer Humusschicht werden? Vielleicht betrachtet sie uns nicht mit der Liebe einer Mutter Sondern mit derselben Gleichgültigkeit Die wir für unsere Lunge empfinden Mit derselben Gleichgültigkeit Die wir für den Menschen ohne Obdach empfinden”

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Book:Split Tooth
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“In the intricate ballroom of human interaction, empathy, and narcissism often find themselves locked in a complex, albeit toxic, waltz. Empaths, with their generous hearts and boundless capacity for understanding, are irresistibly drawn to the magnetic charm of narcissists. It’s an attraction as old as time itself, akin to moths flitting towards a flame – a flame that promises warmth but often delivers nothing but singed wings and regret.”

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Author:Life is Positive
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“I think I might be a bit mentally disabled.” “Disabled, eh? Really?” "Yes, because the others grow up, become acquainted with death, love, and how life is in general. They accept it, and cohabit peacefully with everything. Not me. I cannot get used to it. Every day I am born all over again, and start learning from scratch. Every night it’s as if I were dying, to be reborn in the morning. I suffer from insomnia, maybe that’s why. Your colleague yesterday spoke of the alphabet and the ways they teach us at a young age to interpret things. How do we consider someone unable to learn the alphabet? They’re disabled, I say...”

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Book:Tutto chiede salvezza
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“Empathy is a common and even useful trait; but it can easily go to the extent of disabling the well-meaning helper. This is not to suggest that one attempt to become 'hardened;' rather... one might attempt to more clearly place the self within a total framework which allows one to say without guilt when he has had enough. The 'bleeding heart' who makes routine of this for everyone soon runs out of blood, even for himself. Each counselor must be careful to, first, accurately assess the needs and wishes of his own personal life before scheduling his time, thoughts, and emotions for other people." Marco M. Pardi, "Death: An Anthropological Perspective" 1977 University Press of America”

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Book:Death: An anthropological perspective
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