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Certainly I’ll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I’ve gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Empathy and kindness are the greatest strengths a leader can possess.

It’s good to have to put yourself in someone else’s skin. It’s all-consuming.

I felt along with her – not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can’t be detached. She needed to have someone who understood what was happening in her mind.

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.

It’s a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else’s life.

When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.