Robert Sapolsky Quotes

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

We must put ourselves in the place of those who are to hear us

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

How can you build something for someone else if you don't have enough familiarity with them to imagine the world through their eyes?

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place.

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what they're saying. I've found, especially being on a film set, people have so many different stories; if you just listen, you can pick up so much stuff. I try to listen as much as I can.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

When you walk into those situations that have a lot of conflict in them, the first thing to do is to be present enough to allow the other person to speak first. You're not giving power away; you're actually allowing them to feel seen and understood.

I think I'm always trying to see the other's point of view, dealing in a very heart-to-heart way.

I learned the most important thing is to put yourself in the shoes of the players.

Listening is a master skill for personal and professional greatness.

There's a power in empathy.

Sometimes, the best thing to do is just to sit down and listen to another person's experience and listen how they express themselves and want to be seen by others.

Over the years, I just started paying a lot more attention not to whether I was right or wrong, but just to how I make people feel.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.

Empathy is a skill like any other human skill - and if you get a chance to practice, you can get better at it.

People don't listen to each other anymore, and I think that's why people get offended or their feelings get hurt: because you're not actually listening to the person that's giving you signals they're upset.

I'm incredibly tenacious, but I also try so hard in my work to really listen to people and address their point of view. In the end, I always remember who I'm an advocate for.

If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.