Laura Benanti Quotes

It's important to determine not just the quality of your mind but the fullness of your heart.

I'm not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they're going through. I don't know if that's the healthiest thing, but it's the truth.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don't at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.

I'll admit that I'm self-centered - all of us are - but I can also be external and giving and listening and empathetic and all that sort of stuff.

I'm quite an emotional person... I ain't just this Northern brat all the time.

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.

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . . . There are arrogant people in this world and, what is worse, arrogant judges.

The more that we self-analyze ourselves, the nicer we are to people and to ourselves, and the more we understand each other.

Real charity and real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things.

When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative [enough] to wake a person up

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

You should think about the world and feel about your heart.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

I think was overly empathetic for a while in my life.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.

I'm sensitive, and I don't ever want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.

I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.

I'm a complete human being. I'm very emotional and loving. I feel, I hurt, I give, I take, and also I think. I analyze. I'm a sociologist, anthropologist.

I'm very human.