“It has always seemed strange to me…The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of…”— John Steinback, amazon.com
“Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t do what you do, or think as you think. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today.”— Malcolm X, en.wikiquote.org
“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”— Anne Frank, amazon.com
“Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.”— Naomi Shihab Nye, amazon.com
“Before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?”— Sai Baba, doctorramey.com
“You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.”— Chris Abani, ted.com
“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.’”— Theodore Isaac Rubin, amazon.com
“There will always be that occasional silent type of pain we undergo that sometimes we choose to keep so be kind & never judge others.”— Dr. Gia Sison, twitter.com
“We don't have to wait for someone to acknowledge that we have done something extraordinary.”— Jada Pinkett-Smith, twitter.com
“On a mental level kindness and compassion give rise to lasting joy. They reduce fear.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you.”— Patrick Stump, twitter.com
“On a mental level kindness and compassion give rise to lasting joy. They reduce fear.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“You’re kind, affectionate, and dependable, but you know you have to be just as fair to yourself as you are to the people you date, and sometimes that means leaving them and the relationship behind.”— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com