CURATED COLLECTION

Practicing Empathy

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

50 quotes found

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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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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

—Maya AngelouPoet, Memoirist & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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Even if we don't understand each other, we have to try to understand each other.

—Haruki MurakamiNovelist

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.

—Brené BrownAuthor

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

—Yasmin AhmadAuthor & Thinker

Contemporary ERA • Southeast 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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Storytelling connects us, heals us, and reminds us of our shared humanity.

—Elif ShafakNovelist

Digital Age ERA • MENA

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Don't let us lose sight of the beauty of our common humanity.

—Elizabeth GaskellNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don't want to smile at.

—Mother TeresaCatholic Nun & Founder

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

—Mother TeresaCatholic Nun & Founder

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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Leadership is about empathy. It is about connecting with people and their stories.

—Jacinda ArdernPolitician

Digital Age ERA • Oceania

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My goal is to uplift people. Make them feel good. Make them laugh.

—Tiffany HaddishScholar & Thinker

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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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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Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

—Mother TeresaCatholic Nun & Founder

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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The artist must cry with his generation, and if he doesn't cry, he's not an artist.

—Federico García LorcaPoet & Playwright

Early Modern ERA • Southern Europe

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The only warmth in this world comes from the warmth of human contact.

—Maria DąbrowskaNovelist

Post-War ERA • Eastern Europe

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Whoever is indifferent to the pain of others is not worthy to be called human.

—Saadi ShiraziPoet & Writer

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart larger.

—Nnedi OkoforAuthor

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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