“What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.”
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Eric Hoffer
2 quotes“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
Henry James
2 quotes“Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind...”
Aesop
1 quote“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
Aldous Huxley
1 quote“It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little...”
André Gide
1 quote“Nothing can make a face more impenetrable than the mask of kindliness.”
Anne Rice
1 quote“Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.”
Charles Dickens
1 quote“Who am I, for God's sake, that I should be kind!”
Gertrude Stein
1 quote“Nothing has happened today except kindness.”
Jack Kerouac
1 quote“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”
John Wooden
1 quote“Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.”
Kurt Vonnegut
1 quote“There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
Lao Tzu
1 quote“With those who are kindthe sage is kindWith those who are not kindthe sage is also kindbecause the way of Tao is kindnes...”