Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

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"Every moment is an opportunity to choose kindness."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"The hand that helps is never the weaker for its generosity."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Kindness without honesty is merely cruelty wearing a mask."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Kindness is the greatest wisdom."
Boris Pasternak
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"Kindness costs nothing but enriches everything."
Boris Pasternak
"Kindness is the silent language all hearts understand."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"We are not our brother's judges; we are our brother's keepers."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Kindness costs nothing but creates infinite value."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Forgiveness is not weakness, but the ultimate act of strength."
Anna Akhmatova
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"I have discovered that forgiveness is the only true victory."
Anna Akhmatova
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"Kindness is the universal language."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"The greatest gift is the ability to forgive."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"The kindest thing we can do is see the best in others."
Selma Lagerlöf
"The greatest act of kindness is to see the good in another when they cannot see it themselves."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
"Kindness is strength disguised as gentleness."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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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 they make."
Henrik Ibsen
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"One should respect and tolerate as well as love."
Henrik Ibsen
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"To understand a person, one must listen not just to their words, but to their silences."
Boris Pasternak
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"Kindness is the only currency that increases in value when spent."
Boris Pasternak
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"Forgiveness does not come through forgetting, but through understanding."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Kindness in a cruel world is the rarest and most revolutionary act."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Kindness is the beginning of cruelty's end."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Kindness costs nothing but gives everything."
Maxim Gorky
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"Compassion is the mark of civilization."
Maxim Gorky
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"The cradle of human kindness is a mother's arms."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"Kindness is strength disguised as gentleness."
August Strindberg
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"The greatest service we can do is to help others become who they are meant to be."
August Strindberg
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"The smallest act of kindness can change a life forever."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Kindness is the only currency that increases when shared."
Henrik Ibsen