Kindness Quotes

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

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"The kindness of strangers sustains the weary traveler."
Hart Crane
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"Kindness costs nothing and buys everything."
Hart Crane
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"Kindness is never wasted."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Kindness costs nothing but changes everything."
Hilda Doolittle
"Goddamn it, you've got to be kind."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Oh God, I'm sorry."
Kurt Vonnegut
"We need to be kind to one another."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"A kind word is a lamp in the darkness."
William Carlos Williams
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"Kindness is never wasted."
William Carlos Williams
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"To understand another is to build a bridge across the void of separation."
Hart Crane
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"Scratch the skin, find the humanity."
Allen Ginsberg
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"Kindness is radical in a world of speed."
Allen Ginsberg
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"Kindness is never wasted, even when unreciprocated."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence."
Hilda Doolittle
"Humility is an excellent virtue."
Marianne Moore
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"The measure of a person is not how high they climb but how they treat those below them."
Jack Kerouac
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"Kindness is the only thing that pays interest."
Jack Kerouac
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"Do not tell people that they have nice things. Tell them they are nice people."
Amy Lowell
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"Kindness costs nothing but means everything."
Amy Lowell
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"A person's character is revealed in how they treat the ordinary."
William Carlos Williams
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"Kindness is a form of rebellion against indifference."
William Carlos Williams
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"I have discovered that kindness is not weakness but strength."
Hilda Doolittle
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"The smallest act of kindness can alter the course of a life."
Hilda Doolittle
"Kindness is the simplest form of wisdom."
Wallace Stevens
"Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another."
Fannie Hurst
"Kindness is never wasted."
Fannie Hurst
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"Kindness is the only language the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Kindness is the most powerful force in the universe."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Kindness ripples through the world in ways we cannot measure."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Magnanimity is not just a virtue; it is a way of seeing."
Marianne Moore