The 90 best empathy phrases

Empathy is that emotional capacity that allows us all to understand each other on a deep and real level. Although it is true that not all of us can fully understand the situation of another person, it is possible to connect emotionally sympathizing with him and helping him where we can, rather than ignoring him or making him feel less.

In this article you will find a selection of phrases about empathy ideal for understanding this social and emotional phenomenon.

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The most memorable phrases about empathy

These are the most interesting and inspiring quotes and reflections on empathy, briefly discussed.

1. To be empathetic is to see the world with the eyes of the other, and not to see our world reflected in the eyes of him. (Carl Rogers)

Helping the needy is an act that we must all put into practice, and it is one of the keys to our ability to live in society.

2. When people speak, listen fully. Most people never listen. (Ernest Hemingway)

Listening is also a way of learning, especially if it is through active listening.

3. Anyone can look at you. But very rarely do you find someone who sees the same world that you are seeing. (John Green)

Finding the person who is on the same page is not easy, and even trying can be an impossible chimera.

4. Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself. (Mohsin Hamid)

It is always good to help whoever needs it.

5. The highest form of knowledge is empathy. (Bill Bullard)

Putting yourself in the other's shoes is a good way to appreciate what he feels.

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6. True compassion does not consist in wanting to help those who are less fortunate than ourselves, but in realizing our kinship with all beings. (Pema Chödron)

We must help as we are all human beings.

7. Look with the eyes of another, listen with the eyes of another and feel with the heart of another. (Alfred Adler)

It is important to understand others to help them with their problems.

8. All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart. (Tahereh Mafi)

The help is not only material, but also emotional.

9. The first step to compassion is realizing the need for another person. It all starts with the simple act of attention. (Daniel Goleman)

You have to pay attention whenever it is required.

10. The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others. (Carl Rogers)

We must not blame others for what happens to us.

11. When our hearts are filled with empathy, a strong desire to eliminate the suffering of others arises within us. (Matthew Quick)

We must strive to have a heart that feels empathy towards others.

12. Empathy resides in the ability to be present without opinion. (Marshall Rosenberg)

Not judging is also an empathic action.

13. I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to show it. (Maya Angelou)

Many people find it difficult to express their feelings of solidarity.

14. Never look down on anyone unless you are helping them up. (Jesse Jackson)

Nobody is less than you.

15. Understand what happens to you and you will know what happens to everyone. (Paulo Coelho)

If you know yourself, you are able to know others.

16. Try to understand before being understood. (Stephen Covey)

The important thing is that you know how to understand others and not that they understand you.

17. Learning to stand in someone else's shoes, to see through their eyes, is how peace begins. (Barack Obama)

Peace is born through empathy.

18. As for adversity, you would hardly bear it if you didn't have a friend who suffered for you more than yourself. (Cicero)

Having a friend with whom to share problems is essential.

19. We have two ears and one mouth to hear twice as much as we speak. (Epithet)

It refers to the importance of knowing how to listen.

20. Empathy is simply listening, retaining judgment, connecting emotionally, and communicating that incredibly healing message that you are not alone. (Brene Brown)

If you know how to listen, do not judge and speak sincere words, then you are able to help those who need it.

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21. Now more than ever love is needed, and love is also empathy, it is putting yourself in the other person's shoes, it is understanding, it is being generous, being humble... (Pablo Alboran)

Love conquers all.

22. It can be more difficult to empathize with our closest people. (Marshall Rosenberg)

It is more difficult to help those we know.

23. Who does not understand a look, will not understand a long explanation either. (Arabic Proverb)

One look says more than a million words.

24. Empathy represents the foundation for all important social competencies at work. (Daniel Goleman)

Empathy is the true way to go.

25. The opposite of hatred is not tranquility, it is empathy. (Mehmet Oz)

Don't let hatred take over your heart.

26. To perceive is to suffer. (Aristotle)

Through pain comes understanding.

27. The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. (Meryl Streep)

In you is empathy, you just have to recognize it.

28. Never do to anyone what you don't like to be done to you.

Take care not to harm any person, it can be returned.

29. The most precious gift we can give to others is our presence. When our mindfulness embraces those we love, they bloom like flowers. (Thich Nhat Hanh)

Show your love and affection without any misgivings.

30. You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself. (John Steinbeck)

In order to help others, you must first understand it.

31. Attention is the strangest and purest form of generosity. (Simone Weil)

Pay attention to the one who needs you.

32. Big egos have little ears. (Robert Schuller)

Many people who think they are more important are not able to perceive the need of others.

33. I do not seek to know the answers, I try to understand the questions. (Confucius)

Understanding is more important than understanding.

34. The ethical instance occurs not when we pretend that there are no enemies, but when we try to understand them, to put ourselves in their place. (Umberto Eco)

Enemies must also be understood.

35. We must understand before judging.

To judge someone you have to know the reason for her performance.

36. We need empathy to give empathy. (Marshall Rosenberg)

You can't give what you don't have.

37. True empathy requires you to step out of your own emotions to see things completely from the other person's perspective. (Anonymous)

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to have an open mind.

38. There is no rich man who understands a poor man.

It is very difficult for a wealthy person to understand the needs of a poor person.

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39. Most importantly, we need to be understood. We need someone who is able to listen and understand us. So we suffer less. (Thich Nhat Hanh)

When we are listened to, the burden is less.

40. The highest form of knowledge is empathy. (Bill Bullard)

There is no power greater than empathy.

41. The most basic of human needs is to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them. (Ralph Nichols)

It refers to the importance of listening.

42. The conviction that others can also suffer and prosper like ourselves is the essence of empathy and the foundation of morality. (Steven Pinker)

We all feel and suffer the same.

43. Instead of condemning people, we will try to understand them. (Dale Carnegie)

Don't judge, just understand.

44. It is not enough to know how to read that 'Eva saw the grape'. It is necessary to understand what position Eva occupies in her social context, who works to produce the grapes and who benefits from that work. (Pablo Freire)

You have to understand everything a person goes through.

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45. If you judge people, you don't have time to love them. (Mother Teresa of Calcutta)

If you judge then you don't know love.

46. There is no greater loan than an understanding ear. (Frank Tyger)

You are always ready to listen to whoever needs it.

47. True joy comes with empathy. (Tim Finn)

If you want to be cheerful, then learn to be empathetic.

48. Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That is why they are alike. (Daniel Goleman)

Social empathy is one thing and personal empathy is another.

49. Attention is the strangest and purest form of generosity. (Simone Weil)

Pay attention to whoever needs it.

50. I call him religious who understands the suffering of others. (Mahatma Gandhi)

If you can truly understand the suffering of others, then you are touched by God.

51. When you begin to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. (Susan Sarandon)

Being empathetic brings its reward.

52. You cannot understand another person well and do something else at the same time. (M. Scott Peck)

When helping someone in need, there should be nothing to stand in the way.

53. Empathy is the central core of analysis, allowing people to speak from the heart and tell what they do not tell anyone. (Stephen Grosz)

There are people who just need to be heard.

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54. Peace can not be kept by force; it can only be achieved through understanding. (Albert Einstein)

Peace is achieved through knowledge.

55. We misunderstand the world and then say that it disappoints us. (Rabindranath Tagore)

If we don't know how to understand, we can't understand.

56. What does it mean to help? Help is an art. Like all art, it requires a skill that can be learned and exercised. It also requires empathy with the person who comes for help. (Bert Hellinger)

Helping is synonymous with empathy.

57. If talking is silver, listening is gold. (Turkish proverb)

Words that emphasize the importance of knowing how to listen.

58. I am afraid of hurting someone's heart. Why? Because I know how it hurts. (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Never do someone wrong when you know that it is painful.

59. One does not have to operate with great malice to do much harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are enough. (Charles M. Blow)

Lack of empathy is an evil that has taken hold of some people.

60. Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for goodness. (Seneca)

As long as human beings are, empathy will also exist.

61. Empathy is the full presence of what is alive in another person in the present moment. (John Cunningham)

Empathy makes a person more likable and trustworthy.

62. The hardest thing in the world is being aware of someone else's pain. (Pat Barker)

There are many suffering people in the world.

63. I don't ask the injured person how he feels. I myself become the hurt person. (Walt Whitman)

Even in these moments, words are superfluous in the face of actions.

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64. Empathy is the best tool to navigate globalization. (Mohsin Hamid)

Empathy knows no means, it only acts.

65. Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. (Marshall Rosenberg)

There are people who are going through situations that you have already been through.

66. Understanding that there are other points of view is the beginning of wisdom. (Joseph Campbell)

There are different opinions.

67. When I prepare to speak to people, I spend two-thirds of the time thinking about what they want to hear and one-third thinking about what I want to say. (Abraham Lincoln)

There are people who do not want to hear only talk.

68. Treat other how you would like to be treated. (Jesus of Nazareth)

Be the example of a person everyone wants to emulate.

69. It is not difficult to make the public cry, the difficult thing is to make it cry out of empathy. (Jeremy Leven)

Crying with others is not an easy thing to do.

70. Empathy stems from the ancient biblical mandate. Love your neighbor as yourself. (George McGovern)

Jesus' message was that we love one another.

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71. The imperative to listen to the cry of the poor becomes flesh in us when our entrails tremble at the pain of others. (Pope Francisco)

Emphasize the importance of listening to others.

72. Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in her life has empathy for those who have experienced it. (Anderson Cooper)

When we go through the same problems as other people, then empathy comes to the fore.

73. If you are going to listen to someone, your heart is not asleep. That is empathy. (Martha Sialer)

When you listen to someone, listen carefully.

74. If we really could understand, we would no longer be able to judge. (André Malraux)

Judging and understanding do not go hand in hand.

75. Empathy allows us to share these emotions and is the touchstone of our social intelligence. (Elsa Punset)

Empathy allows you to transmit passions.

76. Empathy is the greatest virtue. From her, all virtues flow. (Eric Zorn)

Empathy empowers.

77. The greatest expression of empathy is to be understanding with someone we don't like. (Mark W. Baker)

The best way to apply empathy is when you help someone you don't like.

78. If there is a secret to success, it lies in the ability to appreciate the point of view of others and see things from that point of view as well as your own. (Henry Ford)

Seeing things as others see is a sign that you are successful.

79. It is difficult for happy people to understand the miseries of others. (Quintilian)

It is not always easy to be empathetic. Well, it is difficult to understand the suffering of others.

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80. The happiest man in the world is one who knows how to recognize the merits of others and can rejoice in the good of others as if it were his own. (Goethe)

If you are happy with the joy of others, then happiness resides in you.

81. Empathy is about being in someone else's shoes, feeling with your heart, seeing with your eyes. Empathy is not only difficult to outsource and automate, it makes the world a better place. (Daniel H. Pink)

Through empathy, the world will change.

82. To love is to find your own happiness in the happiness of another. (Leibniz)

When you help another person, happiness is the best.

83. The most basic of human needs is to understand and be understood. The best way to understand a person is to listen to them. (Ralph Nichols)

Listening and understanding is the key.

84. Empathy means understanding others on your own terms and bringing them into the orbit of your own experience. (Jacob A. Belzen)

Understand others, that is happiness.

85. Empathy is full presence to what is alive in another person in the present moment. (John Cunningham)

It refers to how great empathy is.

86. We are born with the capacity for empathy. An ability to recognize emotions and that transcends races, cultures, nationalities, classes, genders and ages. (Mary Gordon)

Empathy is within us.

87. What makes someone nice or unpleasant is the way they communicate. (Ryu Murakami)

Through the way you speak, people will get to know you.

88. I believe that empathy is the most essential quality of civilization. (Roger Ebert)

We have grown as human beings thanks to the fact that we are able to help others.

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89. We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity. (Goldie Hawn)

Without empathy there is no humanity.

90. Every true man should feel on his cheek the blow given to any other man's cheek. (Jose Marti)

You always have to help others.