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Kindness |
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Quotations
 | What wisdom can you find greater than kindness. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 16 likes |
 | Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 13 likes |
 | A happy and eternal being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; hence he is exempt from movements of anger and partiality, for every such movement implies weakness. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 12 likes |
 | Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. — Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer 8 likes |
 | Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 7 likes |
 | Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 7 likes |
 | Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 7 likes |
 | To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 6 likes |
| The only moral lesson which is suited for a child -the most important lesson for every time of life- is this: “Never hurt anybody.” — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 5 likes |
 | It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other. — Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer 5 likes |
 | Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? — James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer 5 likes |
 | Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 5 likes |
| Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 4 likes |
 | The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love. — William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, English poet 4 likes |
 | The reward of a good deed is in having done it. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 4 likes |
 | A nice man would feel ashamed even before a dog. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 4 likes |
 | You can do more good by being good than any other way. — John Wooden, 1910-2010, American basketball coach 3 likes |
 | I think everybody should be nice to everybody. — Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist 3 likes |
| Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 3 likes |
 | I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to villains is to pour water into the sea. — Miguel Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer 2 likes |
 | Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. — Maya Angelou, 1928-2014, American poet 1 likes |
 | We can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts. |
 | Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. |
 | What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? |
 | Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary |
| Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary |
 | A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. |
 | Many think they have a kind heart, while they just have a weak will. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims |
 | Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love. |
| And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. |
 | Sometimes it’s more important to be human, than to have good taste. |
| No one can be good for long, if goodness is not in demand. |
 | It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character, that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. |
 | In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. |
 | To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. |
 | Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to. |
 | The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction. |
 | Kindness gives birth to kindness. |
 | Be kind. Aim for my heart. |
 | It's easier to be good for everyone than for someone. |
 | When all is said, England's atmosphere still contains fewer germs of aggression and brutality per cubic foot in a crowded bus, pub or queue than in any other country in which I have lived |
 | Make the world a better place because you have lived in it. |
 | I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. |
 | Kindness is the beginning of cruelty. |
 | God sees hearts as we see faces. |
| A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. |
 | If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. |
 | Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him. |
 | A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead. |
 | An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend. |
 | God does not need your good deeds, but your neighbor does. — Martin Luther, 1483-1546, German theologian, protagonist of Reformation |
| A kind person can feel ashamed even in front of a dog. |
 | It all comes to this: the simplest way to be happy is to do good. |
 | Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time. |
Latin Quotes
 | First, do no harm. Primum, non nocere. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” (the origin is uncertain; Hippocrates’ works do not include this precise phrase) 84 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | The good man has no envy for anyone, neither fear nor anger or hatred. Αγαθώ περί ουδενός εγγίγνεται φθόνος ούτε φόβος ούτε οργή ή μίσος. — Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
| It is not my nature to hate but to love. Ου συνέχθειν αλλά συμφιλείν έφυν. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet ‐ Antigone 10 likes |
 | How true is that a good cause always gives an opportunity for good words! Ως τα χρηστά πράγματα χρηστών αφορμάς ενδίδωσ’ αεί λόγων — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Hecuba 3 likes |
 | What thou thyself hatest, do to no man. Ά πάσχοντες υφ’ ετέρων οργίζεσθε, ταύτα τοις άλλοις μη ποιείτε. — Isokrates, 436-338 BC, Ancient Greek rhetorician 3 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. — from the film A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 6 likes |
