Kindness Quotes

"The best way to help the world is to help one person, very well."

"To be of help to another human being, we must first accept them completely as they are."

"The capacity for empathy is not fixed; it grows as we practice truly listening to others."

"Kindness is a conditioned response that spreads through social environments."

"The bystander effect is not about apathy; it's about diffusion of responsibility in social systems."

"The capacity for compassion diminishes when we view others through dehumanizing categories."

"The capacity for empathy can be overridden by situational pressures and group conformity."

"Kindness is not weakness; it is the greatest form of strength."

"The greatest gift we can give another person is our genuine attention."

"The great majority of us cannot listen; all we do is wait for our turn to speak."

"Kindness is a choice we make in each moment, not a trait we possess."

"Kindness is behavior we teach through reward."

"Proximity to suffering increases resistance to immoral acts."

"Empathy diminishes when we are physically removed from the consequences of our actions."

"There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it, he will perish."

"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being or animal, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."

"The code of a true gentleman is to treat everybody as kindly and courteously as possible."

"Empathy is the antidote to the dehumanization that leads to cruelty."

"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much."

"Charity is the greatest of the virtues."

"To understand is to forgive."

"A trifle consolation to misery is better than a great one."

"Kindness can be systematically developed through proper conditioning and environmental arrangement."

"A child needs encouragement like a plant needs water."

"The greatest goal is not to be first, but to be helpful."

"The greatest gift you can give to others is to believe in their potential."

"Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak well of yourself."

"If we must confess our faults, why is it we so rarely listen to those of others?"

"Kindness is a conditioned response reinforced by society."

"The greatest gift you can give another person is your time"