Kindness Quotes

"The wise are merciful to those they oppose."

"Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that cover your grief."

"We are all inclined to judge people by their outward appearance, but true worth lies in character."

"Kindness is the recognition of the other's infinite otherness."

"Man wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the other."

"The basis of man's life with man is twofold, and it is one—the wish of every man to be confirmed as what he is, even as what he can become, by men."

"Our responsibility to others begins with listening to them."

"Healing happens in the space between people."

"Confirmation is the greatest human need."

"The greatest gift we can give is our genuine presence."

"To listen is to give the other the gift of reality."

"The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a rare and precious thing."

"To imagine another's suffering is the beginning of moral action."

"Kindness is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited to what we know."

"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence and wisdom combined."

"Hospitality is the foundation of all ethical life."

"Generosity is the recognition that all we have is the Other's."

"The face of the poor and widow commands me absolutely."

"The barrier between self and other dissolves in genuine conversation and mutual recognition."

"Kindness is not weakness but the highest form of strength—the strength to affirm another's worth."

"Kindness is recognition of the infinite in another's vulnerability."

"The spectacle of suffering is the product of a world that has lost its capacity for compassion."

"The refugee is the symbol of the modern world's failure of compassion."

"Cruelty to animals is incompatible with genuine education and morality."

"Kindness is the last refuge of those who have failed in cruelty."

"Men wish to be confirmed in their being by man, and the human soul wants to be confirmed thus."

"To have access to another, I must grant him access to myself."

"I must concern myself with all that is not myself."

"I cannot meet another as a Thou if I treat him primarily as an It."

"To say Thou to another is to acknowledge his irreplaceable uniqueness."