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Quotes About Kindness

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
~ Graham Greene
I'm going to be kind, because then it all just kind of spreads, and the world is a little nicer out there.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, never forget it.
~ Chilon of Sparta
The art of being kind is all the world needs.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth.
~ Naomi Shihab Nye
Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.
~ Rebecca Solnit
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
~ Charles Kuralt
By regarding ourselves with kindness, we begin to dissolve the identity of an isolated, deficient self. This creates the grounds for including others in an unconditionally loving heart.
~ Tara Brach
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears. Pass it on.
~ Henry Burton
only kindness that raises its head from the crowd of the world to say it is I you have been looking for, and then goes with you everywhere like a shadow or a friend.
~ Naomi Shihab Nye
Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
~ Jack Canfield
Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
~ John Wooden
Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.
~ Jeff Bezos
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
~ R.J. Palacio, Wonder
Kindness is the touch of an angel's hand.
~ James Leonard Gordon
I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.
~ Liam Neeson
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
~ Eric Hoffer
Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.
~ Mother Teresa
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
~ Sophocles
Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.
~ Amy Tan
Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.
~ Richard Gere
The man with a heart cannot think about or see creatures without his eyes filling up with tears because of the immense compassion which seizes his heart.
~ Isaac of Nineveh
The bones seem to cut sharply to the center of something that is keenly alive on the desert even tho' it is vast and empty and untouchable... and knows no kindness with all its beauty.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe