Kindness Quotes

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

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"The heart that gives, gains tenfold in return."
Wisdom, John
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"Kindness costs nothing but enriches everyone it touches."
Wisdom, John
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"True kindness requires both heart and understanding."
Moore, George Edward
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"Kindness echoes through eternity."
Moore, George Edward
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"Humility about our moral knowledge keeps us from arrogance and cruelty."
Foot, Philippa
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"Virtue allows us to see both our own and others' dignity clearly."
Foot, Philippa
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"Kindness is the recognition of shared vulnerability in human experience."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Kindness costs little yet produces effects that ripple through communities."
Austin, John Langshaw
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"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."
Weil, Simone
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"Humility is not degradation; it is the recognition of the truth."
Weil, Simone
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"Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Weil, Simone
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"Kindness is the language of love."
Weil, Simone
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"Kindness is love in action."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Kindness is the language of the soul."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Kindness is more fundamental to human nature than we often recognize; cruelty is the exception that requires explanation."
Strawson, Peter Frederick
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"Kindness is an investment that always yields returns."
Moore, George Edward
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"Kindness is the language all understand."
Moore, George Edward
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"Kindness is the highest expression of intelligence."
Weil, Simone
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"Kindness costs nothing yet purchases everything of value."
Moore, George Edward
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"I am responsible for the Other before I am responsible for myself."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"Hospitality is the openness to the Other."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"The Other's vulnerability makes a claim upon me."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"To welcome the Other is to welcome the stranger within."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"The Other's poverty solicits my generosity."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"The Other's need precedes my comfort."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"Kindness is the beginning of wisdom."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"Compassion is the recognition of shared vulnerability."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"To welcome the Other is an act of creation."
Levinas, Emmanuel
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"Kindness is the recognition of shared humanity."
Rosenzweig, Franz
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"Kindness is love in its most concrete form."
Rosenzweig, Franz