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Kindness
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Kindness: Change The World.
Kindness is the conscious and intentional act of extending compassion, empathy, and goodwill towards oneself and others, often demonstrated through selfless acts, words, or thoughts. It is meaningful to human life because it fosters connection, builds trust, and promotes a sense of belonging, ultimately contributing to individual well-being and a more harmonious and thriving society.
# Kindness & Virtues
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Context: • Naomi Shihab Nye Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems (2020)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
“the tender gravity of kindness”
— Unknown
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Context: • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), Part III.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (L)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (L)
“Though he was rough, he was kindly.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act I, scene 2, line 65.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
“A little more than kin, and less than kind.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus to the Reader.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
“I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, Kindness, Clarity, and Insight (1984).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (G)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (G)
“My true religion is Kindness.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Louise Burfitt-Dons in speech to World Kindness Movement (November 2007).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
“The style of kindness has changed.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.
• Seneca the Younger, De Vita Beata, Ch. XXIV.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
• Seneca the Younger, De Vita Beata, Ch. XXIV.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
“Ubicumque homo est, ibi beneficio locus est.”
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Context: • It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.
• Syrus, Maxims.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
• Syrus, Maxims.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
“Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si cito neges.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Emanuel Swedenborg, New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine #124
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
“A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Naomi Shihab Nye Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems (2020)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
“the tender gravity of kindness”
— Unknown
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Context: • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), Part III.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (L)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (L)
“Though he was rough, he was kindly.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act I, scene 2, line 65.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
“A little more than kin, and less than kind.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus to the Reader.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
“I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, Kindness, Clarity, and Insight (1984).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (G)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (G)
“My true religion is Kindness.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Louise Burfitt-Dons in speech to World Kindness Movement (November 2007).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
“The style of kindness has changed.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.
• Seneca the Younger, De Vita Beata, Ch. XXIV.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
• Seneca the Younger, De Vita Beata, Ch. XXIV.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
“Ubicumque homo est, ibi beneficio locus est.”
— Unknown
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Context: • It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.
• Syrus, Maxims.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
• Syrus, Maxims.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
“Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si cito neges.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Emanuel Swedenborg, New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine #124
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (S)
“A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.”
— Unknown
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Context: • John Lyly, Mother Bombie (published 1594), Act III, scene 1.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (L)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (L)
“The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.”
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Context: • If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.
• Syrus, Maxims.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
• Syrus, Maxims.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 415-16.)
“Bis gratum est, quod dato opus est, ultro si offeras.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Word Book (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
“KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene Home.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (B)
“Both man and womankind belie their nature
When they are not kind.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Come, in this world, one has to be a little too kind to be kind enough.
• Pierre de Marivaux, The Game of Love and Chance (1730), Act I, Scene II
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (M)
• Pierre de Marivaux, The Game of Love and Chance (1730), Act I, Scene II
• Source: Wikiquote: "Kindness" (M)
“Va, dans ce monde, il faut être un peu trop bon pour l’être assez.”
— Unknown
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