Kindness Quotes

Small acts. Big impact. These quotes make the case for compassion as a way of life.

23791 quotes

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"Patience with ourselves is the first act of kindness."
Gloria Steinem
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel every quiver."
Angela Y. Davis
A
"To be human is to be responsible for one another."
Angela Y. Davis
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"Kindness that enables oppression is not kindness but complicity."
Shulamith Firestone
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"Kindness begins with refusing to perpetuate harm against those like ourselves."
Shulamith Firestone
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"To be intersectional is to be committed to seeing the whole person."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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"We must create space for people to speak their full truth."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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"To practice intersectionality is to practice love in the face of oppression."
Kimberlé Crenshaw
A
"Kindness toward the oppressor is cruelty toward oneself."
Andrea Dworkin
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"Compassion is not a virtue; it is a commitment to recognize the humanity in everyone."
bell hooks
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"The most radical thing we can do is love ourselves as we are."
bell hooks
b
"To practice kindness is to practice revolution in a world built on cruelty."
bell hooks
B
"Kindness is never wasted, it always comes back."
Barbara Smith
B
"Kindness costs nothing but changes everything."
Barbara Smith
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"We are not born knowing how to hate; it's something that must be learned."
Gloria Steinem
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"What we really need is compassion of the fierce variety."
Gloria Steinem
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"We must unlearn the messages that taught us not to love ourselves"
bell hooks
A
"You are not obligated to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm."
Angela Davis
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"Our children deserve a living planet, not a dead one."
Winona LaDuke
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"Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive."
Germaine Greer
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"We heal ourselves by bearing witness to each other's pain."
bell hooks
b
"Every person we meet deserves to be seen in their fullness."
bell hooks
B
"To be heard, we must first learn to listen to one another with genuine care."
Barbara Smith
B
"To listen deeply is to honor the humanity of another."
Barbara Smith
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"Help each other. Love everyone. Every leaf a flower."
Gloria Steinem
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"The greatest gift we can give one another is the gift of our authentic selves."
Gloria Steinem
"It's easy to follow those who walk in light. But to love those who walk in darkness, that is revolutionary."
Audre Lorde
"Hunger is a human condition and we must feed one another."
Audre Lorde
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"Ginoomiimaadinoon - that means 'to take care of' in Anishinaabemowin."
Winona LaDuke
A
"Kindness is a revolutionary act in a world designed to dehumanize."
Angela Davis