CURATED COLLECTION

Practicing Empathy

Empathy is not agreeing with someone — it is being willing to feel what they feel before you respond.

48 quotes found

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Connection is why we're here. It is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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With malice toward none, with charity for all.

—Abraham LincolnPresident

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

—Desmond TutuTheologian

Late Modern ERA • Southern Africa

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Every person you meet has a story. Listen, truly listen, to them.

—Yasmin AhmadAuthor & Thinker

Contemporary ERA • Southeast Asia

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If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

—Mother TeresaCatholic Nun & Founder

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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I write to create a space for understanding.

—Roxane GayWriter, Editor & Critic

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I truly believe in giving back and helping others. It’s a huge part of my life.

—Naomi CampbellAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • Caribbean

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We need to internalize this idea: We are all in this together. No one is above anyone else.

—Barack ObamaPresident

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Not till the sun excludes you do I exclude you.

—Walt WhitmanPoet & Essayist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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I am not here to make war. I am here to make love.

—Yunus EmrePoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

—Martin Luther King Jr.Activist & Minister

Post-War ERA • North America

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Sometimes all we need is someone to tell us that we are okay.

—Nikita GillPoet & Author

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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Conquer anger with love, evil with good, the miser with generosity, the liar with truth.

—Gautama BuddhaSpiritual Teacher

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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My work has been about reaching out, joining hands with all kinds of people.

—Dorothy HeightActivist & King

Digital Age ERA • North America

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My biggest joy is making people around me happy. Giving back is everything.

—DavidoScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

—Gautama BuddhaSpiritual Teacher

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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Storytelling connects us, heals us, and reminds us of our shared humanity.

—Elif ShafakNovelist

Digital Age ERA • MENA

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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Kindness creates a ripple effect of good.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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The future of the children is always today. Tomorrow will be too late.

—Gabriela MistralPoet, Diplomat & Author

Early Modern ERA • Latin America

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As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

—Audrey HepburnActress & Humanitarian

Late Modern ERA • Western Europe

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