Kindness Quotes
Small acts. Big impact. These quotes make the case for compassion as a way of life.
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"To understand is to forgive."Avicenna
"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence."Avicenna
"The measure of a person is how they treat the smallest among them."Avicenna
"Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the poor before they become needy."Maimonides
"Cruelty is a disease of the soul that must be cured through education."Maimonides
"The person who serves others serves the Divine."Maimonides
"To act with compassion is to choose the higher path every time."Maimonides
"Who can despise all things if he despises himself?"Spinoza, Baruch
"Kindness is the foundation of all virtue."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Kindness is contagious and multiplies through action."Leibniz, Gottfried
"The remedy of this defective sympathy in our judgments of the characters and conduct of others, must be attended with some difficulty."Hume, David
"The human heart is capable of both great kindness and terrible cruelty."Hume, David
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."Descartes, René
"A man may not so abandon the care of mankind as to let them perish."Locke, John
"The basis of all virtue is good-will and love."Locke, John
"A kind word can heal what medicine cannot."Al-Ghazali
"Every act of kindness ripples outward in ways unseen."Al-Ghazali
"Kindness is the supreme virtue, for it encompasses all others."Avicenna
"One should never cause another to feel shame."Maimonides
"Do not despise the small acts of kindness; they are the foundation of greatness."Maimonides
"Kindness is the highest form of intelligence."Maimonides
"Charity without knowledge is blind, and knowledge without charity is barren."Leibniz, Gottfried
"To forgive is to free oneself from the burden of resentment."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Self-love is not shameful when it is the foundation of self-respect and virtue."Spinoza, Baruch
"Generosity flows from the recognition of our interdependence with all things."Spinoza, Baruch
"To understand why another acts as they do is the beginning of forgiveness."Spinoza, Baruch
"Generosity is the sign of a truly noble soul."Descartes, René
"Do not rejoice at an enemy's misfortune, for you know not what tomorrow holds."Al-Ghazali
"The believer's shade on the Day of Judgment will be their charity."Al-Ghazali
"Kindness is never wasted; it returns when least expected."Al-Ghazali