"If we share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive" - Brene Brown

If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And here I make a rule - a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last"

Empathy is seeking the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling the heart of another"

"Storytelling builds empathy."

"Storytelling heals."

"When you make loving other the story of your life, there's never a final chapter because the legacy continues. You lend your light to one person, and he or she shines it on

another and another and another." - Oprah Winfrey

"Empathy is the essential building block for compassion. We have to sense what another person is going through, what they're feeling, in order to spark compassion in us." - Daniel Goleman

The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion...it is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations." - Ira Glass

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do."