When something is dramatized, it provokes a much more emotive response than just hearing a story on the news.
I think everybody needs to be more empathetic.
Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.
As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age.
In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance was widespread. The organization and regulations of local self-government were clearly defined and strictly applied. Individual self-control was even more strongly emphasized.
We ought to teach kids more about the Big Bang and entropy and particles. Every high school graduate should know that everything in the universe is made of a handful of particles. That's not a hard thing to know. But that's not what's emphasized.
When it comes to social issues, Republicans don't just need to be more empathetic. They also need to be more emphatic in explaining to voters what they believe, and why.
Even as I was writing 'Empire State,' I knew there were more adventures for the main character, private detective Rad Bradley, to have. I also knew that the world was far larger than what I'd presented in book one.
It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.
There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
I find it a very encouraging sign for a society if employers are bringing online education to their companies, helping employees gain more knowledge.
As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'
We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more.
I want the least number of decision makers. We want to empower people to get more things done and also give permission to question orthodoxy.
I think if women are visible in the media, truly visible, in an empowered role, it empowers us to be more visible in any area of our lives.
I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food.
I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.
The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.
