Kindness Quotes

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

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"His humanity is never more than a few degrees above absolute zero."
James Joyce
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"Better to give than to receive."
James Joyce
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"The soul is healed by making others happy."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"I am a sentimental man. I need kindness."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Being too good is dangerous; you may be used unfairly."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"To give is to live; to receive is to be imprisoned."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Compassion is the foundation of morality."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Love and sympathy are the foundation of moral life."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Tact is the ability to see others as they wish to be seen."
Anton Chekhov
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"Not by constraint or severity that goodness is achieved, but by practice."
Anton Chekhov
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"One must never be ashamed of a good deed."
Anton Chekhov
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"I know that good deeds do not cure the soul."
Anton Chekhov
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"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Kind words are the music of the world."
Ivan Turgenev
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"In the lost boyhood of Judas, Christ was kind."
William Butler Yeats
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
Samuel Beckett
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Samuel Beckett
"Kindness costs nothing but is worth everything."
Samuel Beckett
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"The soul is healed by making others happy."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Mercy is more powerful than justice."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"A kind word spoken at the right moment can transform a life."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect."
Leo Tolstoy
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"The true and acceptable way into the divine consists in mercy and understanding."
James Joyce
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"Kindness is the most radical act of rebellion."
James Joyce
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"A kind word costs nothing but can change everything."
Anton Chekhov
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"The greatest gift one can give is their complete attention."
Anton Chekhov
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"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
George Bernard Shaw
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"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them."
George Bernard Shaw
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"There are no strangers here; only friends you haven't met yet."
William Butler Yeats
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"The quality of mercy is not forced; it flows from those with noble hearts."
William Butler Yeats