Carmen Ejogo Quotes

Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.

If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy and dull things become cheerful.

If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care.

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

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

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.'

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap. I promise you. It's just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don't buy it. Be smart. Be thoughtful and be generous.

They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us.

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.

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.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

She has no imagination and that means no compassion.

Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.

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

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.

Love is something that we need to learn.