Hilary Mason Quotes

We could be much more empathic as a society.

To be empathetic to everyone around you, I think, is such a powerful thing to hold.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic 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.'

My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.

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

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

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.

On a film set, it's important to be good at your work, but it's also important to be a compassionate and understanding human being.

I'm a person who tries to be compassionate, caring, and warm to every single person I meet.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place.

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

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

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.

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.

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.

Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.

Human morality is unthinkable without 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.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'