Kindness Quotes
Small acts. Big impact. These quotes make the case for compassion as a way of life.
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"Kindness is the mark of a civilization that has truly advanced."Jacques Le Goff
"Kindness costs nothing but enriches everything it touches."Jacques Le Goff
"Kindness multiplies through generations."Fernand Braudel
"The kindness we show is often returned by a world that does not deserve it."Oswald Spengler
"Empathy is the foundation of all moral progress."Arnold Toynbee
"Kindness is the simplest and most powerful form of wisdom."Arnold Toynbee
"I had the most important thing any human being can have - someone who believed in me."Margaret Mead
"A historian without empathy is merely a collector of facts; facts require a human context."Marc Bloch
"The historian who has no interest in people has no business studying history."Marc Bloch
"The past was inhabited by people as complex, as varied, as contradictory as we are."Marc Bloch
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."Michel Crouzet
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."Michel Crouzet
"Kindness to strangers was a test of Christian virtue."Jacques Le Goff
"Kindness is the foundation upon which all other virtues are built."Arnold Toynbee
"The measure of a person is how they treat those from whom they can gain nothing."Arnold Toynbee
"Kindness and compassion distinguish us as human."Eric Hobsbawm
"Understanding the past requires sympathy for those who acted without our knowledge."Michel Crouzet
"Compassion is the foundation upon which all human progress is built."Michel Crouzet
"Understanding the past requires empathy, not judgment."Fernand Braudel
"To understand others, we must first understand their history."Fernand Braudel
"The historian must love the dead."Marc Bloch
"The historian without sympathy produces only sterile facts."Marc Bloch
"Every person deserves to be remembered, to have their story told."E.P. Thompson
"Understanding the past requires empathy for those different from ourselves."E.P. Thompson
"Every person is worthy of historical attention and respect."E.P. Thompson
"We must listen to voices we disagree with to truly understand."Quentin Skinner
"Kindness and solidarity are not sentiments but necessities for survival."E.P. Thompson
"Understanding medieval feudalism requires sympathy, not merely analysis."Marc Bloch
"Medieval people were not our moral inferiors; they were simply people who lived under different conditions."Marc Bloch
"The working class does not need pity but respect and alliance."Eric Hobsbawm