Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

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"Kindness is the expression of rational will."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Blushing is the colour of virtue."
Immanuel Kant
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"Act toward others as you wish others to act toward you."
Immanuel Kant
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"Never treat a person merely as a means to an end."
Immanuel Kant
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"True solidarity requires more than sympathy; it requires the willingness to risk oneself."
Theodor Adorno
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"The capacity for kindness is what saves us from despair."
Isaiah Berlin
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"The human face is the first symbol of the Other."
Hannah Arendt
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"Every individual has the right to demand recognition of his worth as a human being."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"The particular individual achieves dignity through recognition of the universal."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"No one may be used in ways that violate the constraints against using people."
Robert Nozick
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"The duty of civility requires citizens to listen to and engage with opposing views."
John Rawls
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"The concept of reciprocity is central to understanding what we owe each other as citizens."
John Rawls
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"Kindness is the only currency that multiplies when spent."
Isaiah Berlin
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"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence."
Isaiah Berlin
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"Treat humanity always as an end in itself, never merely as a means."
Immanuel Kant
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"The greatest respect we can show another is to listen fully to their words."
Immanuel Kant
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"Every person has an intrinsic worth that cannot be diminished."
Immanuel Kant
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"Each person possesses an inherent dignity that demands respect."
Immanuel Kant
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"Envy is an expression of human malice."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Compassion arises from adequate ideas of the suffering of others."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Justice requires that we view social cooperation as mutually beneficial, not exploitative."
John Rawls
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"Kindness toward others is kindness toward oneself"
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
John Locke
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"The true measure of a person is how they treat those who can do them absolutely no good."
John Locke
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"Mercy is among the most laudable virtues"
David Hume
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"Virtue is nothing but a more enlarged and more cultivated benevolence"
David Hume
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"Treat humanity always as an end in itself, never merely as a means."
Immanuel Kant
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"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men."
Immanuel Kant
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"Every person has inherent dignity that cannot be bought or sold."
Immanuel Kant
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"Every rational being deserves respect simply by virtue of being rational."
Immanuel Kant