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“I have wept in the nightAt my shortness of sightThat to others' needs made me blind,But I never have yetHad a twinge of regretFor being a little too kind.”
“Im not denying their kindness, said the Rani. But after all kindness isnt the only virtue.”
“A selfless act out of even the purest desire to do for others, will be selfish in the satisfaction and happiness it brings to one doing it.”
“To you, whoever you are, when I am gone remember to be kind tonight to some lonely person. For me.”
“One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned.”
“Kindness is stronger than iron bars.”
“Kindness is like a muscle, the more we exercise it the better we are at it.Kindness starts as a thought but ends as an action. Acting kindly toward others is the only real way to let people know we...”
“The Librarian was not familiar with love, which had always struck him as a bit ethereal and soppy, but kindness, on the other hand, was practical. You knew where you were with kindness, especially ...”
“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.”
“Kindness is a much more crushing force than anger.”
“I love thee for a heart thats kind--not for the knowledge in thy mind.”
“Wouldnt this old world be better If the folks we meet would say: I know something good about you, And then treat us that way?”
“Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives”
“For the multifold secret to work only one thing is necessary. You must take action. You must give. You must share. You must act with abandon. Send out waves of love and kindness into the world and ...”
“I required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.”
“I know most people want others to have good lives, and, when they understand the situation, they will do what they can to steer the world back toward kindness. This is when human beings, I believe,...”
“Be nice. And if you can't do that, just don't be mean.”
“The real trouble is that 'kindness' is a quality fatally easy to attribute to ourselves on quite inadequate grounds. Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment. T...”
“...to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness.”
“Needing kindness myself, I am kinder now, and we get on amazingly well. [p. 110]”
