#kindness

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love. ↗

— Richard Gere

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The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission. ↗

— George MacDonald

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A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

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I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small. ↗

— Liam Neeson

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Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness. ↗

— Oscar de la Renta

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Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance. If we are holding back from any part of our experience, if our heart shuts out any part of who we are and what we feel, we are fueling the fears and feelings of separation that sustain the trance of unworthiness. Radical Acceptance directly dismantles the very foundations of this trance. ↗

— Tara Brach

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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

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The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. ↗

— George Saunders

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