Empathy refers specifically not just to compassion for others (though it certainly includes that) but to a specific aspect of that compassion: the process of seeking to understand a person through imagination.from “Moore To The Point”
When you say something I disagree with, and I immediately react to your comment, I probably need to slow down a bit. If I can show that I have an intention to understand your point of view instead of “proving I am right,” it strengthens our relationship, and both of...
Jesus's understanding of forgiveness was so radical because he did not need people to repent before he accepted them. He did not require a change in behavior before he loved, respected, and related to them. Yet, it was precisely this unconditional love and forgiveness...
Once upon a time...there was a simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated...
If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.
There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand--without you even speaking a word.
We're all so desperate to be understood, we forget to be understanding.
The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism. It has always therefore been one of my main endeavors as a teacher to persuade the young that...
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by people of...
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.