Kindness Quotes

"Self-respect is the primary good that citizens in a just society must be able to maintain."

"Public institutions should express equal respect for citizens as free and independent persons."

"Equal respect means recognizing that each person's interests count equally in the basic structure of society."

"Citizens should respect each other as moral equals with the capacity to develop a sense of justice."

"Reciprocity is a principle of justice requiring that citizens benefit equally from cooperative social arrangements."

"To feel much for others and little for ourselves is the perfection of human nature."

"All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, is, at all times and in all cases, an odious maxim."

"Kindness is the parent of kindness."

"The man who barely abstains from hurting his neighbor has little merit."

"Kindness without wisdom is mere sentimentality."

"Kindness flows naturally from the understanding that all are united."

"Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love."

"Pity is sorrow mixed with joy at someone's misfortune."

"Generosity is the desire to help others not because of fear or pity."

"Kindness to others is the highest form of civilization."

"Kindness costs nothing but yields everything."

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

"The greatest human perfection is to work toward the perfection of others."

"Do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself."

"Generally speaking, the errors and follies of human nature are rather to be pitied than ridiculed."

"Kindness is the glue that holds human relationships together and creates lasting bonds."

"Kindness costs nothing but creates immeasurable wealth."

"True virtue is to love those who despitefully use us."

"To hate oneself is to misunderstand the nature of one's own being."

"To judge others harshly is to judge one's own lack of understanding."

"To give to others is to increase one's own power and being."

"The Theory of Moral Sentiments is built upon sympathy and the ability to understand another's position."

"The capacity to sympathize with another human being is the cornerstone of moral development."

"Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force."

"Kindness is the greatest act of strength."