Kindness Quotes

"Kindness is a language understood by all."

"Kindness multiplies when shared."

"True tolerance requires the acceptance of others even when we believe them to be mistaken."

"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"

"Prejudice apart, the experience of ages should teach us humility and charity."

"Benevolence is the essence of morality and law."

"The condition of the poor is the measure of the morality of a society."

"The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"Kindness is an act of leadership."

"Kindness is enlightened self-interest properly understood."

"The greatest gift one person can give another is their full attention."

"To cultivate kindness in others, one must first embody it oneself."

"Every person deserves to be treated as a person of infinite worth."

"The good we do is always mixed with evil and very little of it"

"Mercy in the law is not weakness; it is the strength to resist the natural human impulse for revenge."

"The law's severity should be tempered by mercy, its rigidity by compassion, its certainty by doubt."

"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but Can they suffer?"

"The way to be comfortable is to make others comfortable."

"True benevolence is not mere sentiment but deliberate action."

"Sympathy is not charity without action."

"The principle of sympathy is the foundation of all moral conduct."

"Inflation punishes those least able to protect themselves"

"Trying to improve others often leaves them worse off than before"

"Respect for others' property is the foundation of all other respects"

"Kindness costs nothing yet enriches both giver and receiver immeasurably."

"The greatest gift we can give another is our full and undivided attention."

"Kindness understood as weakness is the failure of kindness to recognize its own strength."

"The worst sufferings of mankind have come from the attempt to force men into uniform patterns."

"Kindness is the recognition of shared perception and common reality."