"What is the empathy deficit? The inability..." - Quote by Barack Obama
What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values than you
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More on Empathy
“A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against his foes. He will, however, try to understand the viewpoints of his opponents and will always keep an open mind and seek every opportunity of serving his opponents.”
“Compassion is the fellow-feeling of the unsound.”
“The way a man looks at himself in a mirror will tell you if he can ever care about anyone else.”
More on Understanding
“I'd say people get to work and start being more understanding of everybody - instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding. But get in there and get it done. Kick ass and take names. And this may be my dad talking, but don't spend what you don't have.”
“Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.”
“I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.”