Empathy

“I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.” — Walt Whitman

“It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.” — Barack Obama

“People have boldness to criticize but not to sensitize.” — Amit Kalantri

“When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it.” — Stephen Covey

---

銅鋰鋅

---

Sympathetic

---

The emptiest head rattles the loudest.

---

換位思考

---

設身處地替人著想/感受別人的感受

---

Empathy is a full-body experience you practice, not just something you think.

---

Remember: Every single person is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Everyone has done the best they can. No one is crazy. ¹

---

See also:

• Judge others by intentions, judge ourselves by actions

Footnotes

1. “No one is crazy. Everyone has their own unique experience with how the world works. What seems crazy to you might make sense to me. We all make decisions based on our own unique experiences that seem to make sense to us in a given moment.” — [1] ↩

[1]

Housel M. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness. Petersfield: Harriman House; 2020.