Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.
Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.
The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.
Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy.
When we focus on others, our world expands.
Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.
Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.
A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.
Leaders with empathy do more than sympathize with people around them: they use their knowledge to improve their companies in subtle, but important ways.
Empathy represents the foundation skill for all the social competencies important for work.