Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

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"To understand is to forgive"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"Pity is not a sentiment of superiority."
Jean Valjean
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"You're not crazy. You're just a little different."
Randle McMurphy
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"Kindness is rare in a place like this."
Chief Bromden
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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
Atticus Finch
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"She made me climb into her skin and walk around in it."
Scout Finch
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"Kindness is revolutionary in a place built on cruelty."
Nurse Ratched
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"Kindness is the only universal language"
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov
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"I didn't want to hurt nobody."
Randle McMurphy
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"A single act of kindness can change a life forever."
Jean Valjean
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Natasha Rostova
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"Goodness is something so simple: always to live for others, never to seek one's own advantage."
Cosette
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"Pity is not degrading for a man unless the man is mean."
Fantine
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"We are more alike than different, united in our common humanity"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"I believe that there's something in all of us."
Randle McMurphy
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"I have this thing where I can't stand to see anybody get hurt."
Holden Caulfield
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"I really am. I'm quite fond of all these morons."
Holden Caulfield
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"She was a very nice, polite little girl"
Holden Caulfield
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"If you don't want to talk, you ain't gotta"
Lennie Small
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"He ain't mean. He never done nothing to you"
George Milton
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"Don't you worry none. It ain't your fault"
George Milton
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"The greatest discovery of my generation is the knowledge of another's suffering"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"You don't have to be mad or anything. I just wanted to ask you something."
Holden Caulfield
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"That was very nice."
Holden Caulfield
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"I gonna tell you somethin' now. You gonna let me talk?"
Candy
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"I ain't mad. I ain't mad at you."
Lennie Small
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"I jus' like to have my hand stroked."
Lennie Small
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"He's a nice fella."
Candy
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"I'm the most terrific listener you ever saw."
Holden Caulfield