Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.

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"Writing is my way of expressing – and thereby eliminating – all the various ways we can be wrong-headed."

- Zadie Smith

Self-awareness

"The secret to editing your work is simple: You need to become its reader instead of its writer."

- Zadie Smith

Creativity

"Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories."

- Zadie Smith

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"If you don’t share someone’s pain, you can never understand them."

- Nagato

Empathy

"Empathy is being concerned about the human being, not just their output."

- Simon Sinek

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"Great leaders are willing to be vulnerable and transparent."

- Liz Wiseman

Empathy

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."

- Romans 15:5

Empathy

"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

Empathy