Kindness Quotes

"Hospitality is unconditional, or it is not hospitality at all."

"Hospitality requires risking oneself to the absolute other."

"To be kind is to accept responsibility for what we do not control."

"Solidarity with others is the foundation of human society."

"Generosity is the virtue of giving rightly, in the right amount, at the right time."

"Forgiveness is possible only when we understand the narrative of the person we forgive."

"Compassion is the ability to enter imaginatively into the narrative of another's suffering."

"Kindness is a radical act in a world structured by indifference."

"Hospitality begins where we allow ourselves to be questioned by the other."

"The gift annihilates itself the moment it is recognized as a gift."

"The other's vulnerability calls us before any conscious decision."

"Kindness without truth is complicity with injustice; genuine compassion demands honesty."

"True kindness respects the other's freedom to make their own choices and live with consequences."

"It is the duty of every man and woman to devote at least part of their life to the service of others."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"The cruelest way to wound someone is to make them feel inadequate."

"Kindness is justified by its consequences, not by abstract rules."

"Kindness to others ultimately benefits the one who gives it."

"The measure of civilization is not how much we know, but how we treat the vulnerable."

"Kindness is not weakness; it is the strength to see others as equal in worth."

"The virtues are those qualities of character that enable us to live well in communities."

"The duty of civility requires citizens to explain their political proposals in terms others can accept."

"Citizens have a duty to engage in good faith dialogue about fundamental questions of justice."

"Kindness and intellectual honesty are not opposites; they are companions."

"Every person is a world unto themselves, worthy of respect and consideration."

"Kindness is the highest expression of strength."

"One human being can be of enormous help to another."

"Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass."

"Justice as fairness treats all citizens as moral equals in the design of basic social institutions."

"The duty of civility requires citizens to be willing to explain their political views by reference to public reason."