#empathy

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world. ↗

— Mary Anne Radmacher

#empathy #kindness #empathy

One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase every day. ↗

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

#confidence #empathy #leadership #personal-growth #leadership

It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain. ↗

— Pat Barker

#pain #awareness

How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#humanity #empathy

Yo no soy tan fuerte. A mi me importa que me entiendan. Hay personas a quienes quiero comprender y quiero que me comprendan. Hasta cierto punto, pienso que es inevitable que el resto de la gnete no lo haga. Ya me he hecho a la idea. Así que no me ocurre lo mismo que a Nagasawa, a quien no le importa que no le entiendan. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life #love #understanding #life

If we possess narrative sympathy - enabling us to see the world from other's point of view - we cannot kill. If we do not, we cannot love. ↗

— Richard Kearney

#narrative #philosophy-of-life #love

Familiarity is the gateway drug to empathy. ↗

— iO Tillett Wright

#empathy #inspirational #inspirational

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#develop #empathy #imagination #opens #powers

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them. ↗

— Laura Carmichael

#empathy #order #play #sympathy #them

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive. ↗

— Brené Brown

#listening #shame #speaking #courage