John Green Quotes

Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.

Every now and then, I am reminded it's not always about politics. It's about people.

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.

I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

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.'

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.

You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.

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

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

People forget that everyone has feelings, regardless of their career choice.

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

We could be much more empathic as a society.

I think, at the end of the day, acting and activism are both about empathy. You're trying to get people to see other people as real and human. And to care.

You really have to be careful about what you do and think about other people around you, as human beings who feel things, and you have to learn to be empathetic and notice the signs of people who are going through trouble.

Empathy is what obsesses me. And watching empathy recede in the world is terrifying.

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.

Empathy seems to be seen as a weakness. We condition people to withdraw it to succeed. But really, it needs to be re-seen as a strength again if there is to be any kind of hope in the world.

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.

You really need to have a lot of empathy for the work you're doing and the people who you're ultimately trying to help, whether that's a business colleague, a boss, or, ultimately, the user of the software you're building.

People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.

Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.