The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be.

- Frans de Waal

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

- Misty Copeland

I think was overly empathetic for a while in my life.

- Paul Dano

I feel like I'm kind of a bit of a sponge in a way. Like, if people around me are going through things, I find it very hard not to be empathetic.

- Win Butler