When in Doubt, Be a Little
Kinder Than Necessary
"Kindness is the universal language that all people
understand."
Jake Gaither
"Life is short and we have not too much for gardening the hearts of those
who are traveling the dark way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be
kind."
Henri Frédéric Amiel
"The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous
with happiness."
Lionel Barrymore
"None is so near the gods as when he shows kindness."
Seneca
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly
endless."
Mother Teresa
About Kindness
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
Aesop
"Our Lord does not care so much for the importance of our works as for
the love with which they are done."
St. Teresa of Avila
"The essence of all religions is love, compassion and
tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. The clear proof of a person’s love of
God is if that person genuinely shows love to fellow human beings."
Dalai Lama
"The best time to make friends is before you need them."
Ethel Barrymore
"The important things are to have genuine interest in people and to be
kind to them. Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life."
Isaac Bashevis Singer
"I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now as I shall
not pass this way again."
William Penn
"If you can make people kind, not merely respectable, the problem will be
solved."
Elbert Hubbard
"Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never
thrown away."
Sir Arthur Helps
"Without kindness, there can be no true joy."
Thomas Carlyle
And Finally
"Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you to
correct for subjective error."
Linus Pauling
