Nathan Englander Quotes

Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.

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

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

I feel like there is a real lack of empathy - not just in American society, it's definitely happening in Britain as well - and it's heartbreaking that people can see something and not feel it.

Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'

Cancer is a growth hormone for empathy, and empathy makes us useful to each other in ways we were not, could not have been, before.

We have to teach empathy as we do literacy.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that.

We all have that capacity to reach out to people we don't even know and care about them ...

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

The irony is that I'm actually a very empathetic person, but I don't believe in sympathy at all.

We could be much more empathic as a society.

What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.

If you empathize with your fellow humans on stage, you can't help but do so offstage as well.

If you can understand, you can feel compassion.

It's not a very nice thing to not have empathy. I would like to have empathy. In the past I haven't been very empathetic with other people.

Most people have the ability to turn their empathy engine back on, but there's such a seductive burn to not being empathetic.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.

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

We can empathize as deeply as we can empathize.

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain.