Kindness Quotes

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

23791 quotes

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"I'm touched by people who care about me."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Have you ever really listened to someone? Really listened?"
Morrie Schwartz
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"It is not for me to judge another man's life."
Siddhartha
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"To understand a man, one must first understand his sorrows."
Siddhartha
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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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"You are good when you strive to give of yourself."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?"
Marcus Aurelius
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"The best measure of a person is how they treat someone who can do them absolutely no good."
Marcus Aurelius
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"When faced with a difficult person, remind yourself that they are what they are because of their ignorance of good and evil."
Marcus Aurelius
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"Be compassionate. And take responsibility for each other."
Morrie Schwartz
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"You have to give before you can receive."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Have you ever really listened to someone?"
Morrie Schwartz
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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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"Once I said to myself, 'Here is one who sins.' But I no longer say it, because I understand."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Forgive them freely and openly."
Marcus Aurelius
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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 scarcity."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; but it is destroyed when you are cruel."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you know what the cure is? The same thing that works for so many things. It's kindness and love."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Judge yourself with the strictness of a teacher, but treat yourself with the kindness of a friend."
The Little Prince
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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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"Acts of kindness and compassion retain their value even in suffering"
Viktor Frankl
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"The best measure of a person is how they treat someone who can do them absolutely no good."
Seneca
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"When you possess a great treasure within you, you have to share it."
Santiago
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"The greatest kindness you can show is remembering that everyone fights a battle you know nothing about."
Seneca
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"The greatest grace is to give freely what you have received freely."
Seneca
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"Do not pity thy neighbor! Rather help him, support him, and improve him."
Zarathustra
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"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated into insolence."
Henry David Thoreau
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"The act of giving brings greater joy than receiving."
Govinda