Empathy Quotes

"The highest form of knowledge is empathy."

- Bill Bullard

"I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it."

- Maya Angelou

"Empathy is the medicine the world needs."

- Judith Orloff

"Kindness can transform someone's dark moment with a blaze of light. You'll never know how much your caring matters."

- Amy Leigh Mercree

"The greatest gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy."

- Meryl Streep

"Appreciation is the compass guiding us toward deeper empathy and understanding."

- Samuel Rutherford

"Acknowledgment is the compass guiding us toward the shores of empathy and understanding."

- Sofia Campbell

"Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

- Buddha

"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."

- Buddha

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."

- Gautama Buddha

"You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger."

- Buddha

"The best barber is the one who listens more than he cuts."

- Anthony Hamilton

"Sometimes I take pride in it, sometimes I feel bad for myself. There’s a whole range of emotions you go through."

- Jay Cutler

"I hope that either all of us or none of us are judged by the actions of our weakest moments, but rather by the strength we show when and if we’re given a second chance."

- Ted Lasso

"If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear."

- Winnie the Pooh

"I guess a big part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader, who like all of us is sort of marooned in her own skull, to give her imaginative access to other selves."

- David Foster Wallace

"There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and have them touch you back."

- Jim Fiebig

"Patients don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Remember: everyone in the classroom has a story that leads to misbehavior or defiance. 9 times out of 10, the story behind the misbehavior won’t make you angry. It will break your heart."

- Annette Breaux

"But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem."

- Anne Frank

"Empathy does not equal agreement."

- Chris Voss

"All emotions—whether we view them as good or bad—have a single essence that’s beyond good or bad. No matter what they look like on the surface or how you judge them, emotions—at their core—are basically positive. Instead of seeing only opposition or contradiction, you see an unbiased wholeness. You recognize that all of your emotions spring from the same source: the spontaneous, ever-present creative energy of your own mind, your own heart."

- Dzogchen Rinpoche Ponlop

"Our feelings are not there to be cast out or conquered. They’re there to be engaged and expressed with imagination and intelligence."

- T.K. Coleman

"The best barber is the one who listens twice as much as he cuts."

"A great barber is a great listener who also happens to have scissors."

"The only place where you get a chair and a therapy session, all-in-one."

"Hairdressers are like really good bartenders – they trim and listen."

"Your empathy and kindness are the most valuable gifts to a foster child."

"The strength of a foster parent lies in their ability to see a child's needs through their heart."

"Foster children often navigate complex emotions: hope, fear, confusion, and a longing for stability."