David Duchovny Quotes

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

I don't think you have to have experienced things to understand them.

Sympathy relies on a common experience. If you're clumsy, you might have sympathy for others who tend to bump into things. Empathy, on the other hand, is the ability to understand another person's feelings even if you've never experienced them yourself.

A woman is very sensitive and knows exactly when she is loved or not. Mere words don't work.

I tend to absorb a lot of what other people are feeling.

Imaginative empathy is one of the great gifts that humans have, and it means that we can live more than one life. We can picture what it would be like from another perspective.

Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.

Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.

How can you expect a man who's warm to understand one who's cold?

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.

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

She has no imagination and that means no compassion.

We have to teach empathy as we do literacy.

I am not learned, but I have as good feelings as any man.

Basic emotions can be conveyed through anything. As long as you show people that you're human, they'll relate to it.

She was a genius at listening.

We must put ourselves in the place of those who are to hear us

… people can't imagine someone else's point of view.

People aren't very good at other people's pain.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

I have to be in tune. All the time. I have to be in tune with my husband, where he is, how he's feeling. I have to be in tune with where my family is.

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.