Marjane Satrapi Quotes

The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit.

When people are really suffering, and we know they're suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.

When you see yourself as the center of things, it deprives you of a certain level of empathy.

I am truly passionate and concerned about the lack of empathy that people show towards one another.

Changing your attitude from self-centerdness to understanding requires desire and commitment to always try to see things from the other persons point of view.

Put yourself in the other man's place and then you will know why he thinks certain things and does certain deeds.

I think sometimes the very reason we go through something is so that we can be empathetic with another person later on.

I believe sharing stories and experiences is the best way to teach people to empathize!

I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.

The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.

How easy it is to deny the pain of someone else's suffering.

You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other people. Do not protest; it is true. I am not condemning you. I was as selfish as you, when I was your age. It is the custom of the young to be selfish... But someday you will understand that nobody passes through this world without suffering-no matter what you think of them and their supposed good fortune.

The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

We're a whole culture of people who have a really hard time seeing beyond themselves.

None knows the weight of another's burden.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.

I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.

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.

Seeing things from a different point of view can help us understand why other people act the way they do. We too often judge people without having all the facts.

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