Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

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"Forgive me for being human."
Charlie Gordon
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"I've learned that intelligence without compassion is just cruelty with better words."
Charlie Gordon
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"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"The gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time"
Shevek
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"The value of a human being does not diminish with use"
Shevek
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"Pray take a seat, and let us hear what has troubled you."
Sherlock Holmes
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"The greatest gift you can give another is to show them their own potential."
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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"In forgiveness lies the only true victory."
Siddhartha
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"It's hard to take when people pity you. But it's hardest when they don't know how to talk to you anymore."
Morrie Schwartz
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"We have a tendency to not be very kind to people who are dying."
Morrie Schwartz
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"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread."
Viktor Frankl
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"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who gave away their last piece of bread."
Viktor Frankl
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"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Generosity is not in the giving of abundance from your plenty, but rather in the sharing of your sustenance in your scarcity."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"I believe in being fully present with whoever I'm with."
Morrie Schwartz
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"I listened. I didn't argue. I didn't try to fix things."
Mitch Albom
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"To forgive others is to forgive yourself."
Siddhartha
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"Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn."
Viktor Frankl
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"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread."
Viktor Frankl
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"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Are you not more generous when you give of yourself?"
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"You need someone to validate you. It's part of being human."
Morrie Schwartz
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"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread."
Viktor Frankl
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"So it's not just other people I have accepted. I have accepted myself."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Compassion becomes impossible when survival is in question."
Lombard
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"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Generosity is not in the giving of abundance but in the giving from your scarcity."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Are you not more generous when you give of your heart rather than your possessions?"
The Prophet (Almustafa)