“Kindness is a
gift we can give
freely to others,
and in turn, give
to ourselves.”

"Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of love, with other incident throes That nature’s fragile vessel doth sustain In life’s uncertain voyage, I will some kindness do them. "
-Shakespeare

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. "
-Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness."
-Seneca, philosopher (4 BC)

"The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart."
-The Dalai Lama

"Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging."
-Deepak Chopra

"There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much."
-Mother Teresa

"Man is honored for his wisdom, loved for his kindness."
-S. Cohen

"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each one of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. "
-Robert Kennedy

"In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may too easily be dismissed as a “soft issue,” or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas — kindness toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our political gestures will be fleeting and fragile. Simple kindness may be the most vital key to the riddle of how human beings can live with each other in peace, and care properly for this planet we all share."
-Bo Lozoff

"Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations."
-Paramahansa Yogananda

"Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness--both the ones you have received and the ones you have given--you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter."
- Dawna Markova

"Power is the ability to do good things for others."
-Brooke Astor

"Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has of encouragement, sympathy and understanding."
-John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

"Only a life lived for others is worth living."
-Albert Einstein

"When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like wildfire."
-Whoopi Goldberg

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?""
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!"
-Marcus Aurelius

"Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past."
-Tyron Edwards

"It is our special duty, that if anyone needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power."
-Cicero

"The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention."
-Duguet

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give."
-Katherine Hepburn

"The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident."
-Charles Lamb (1775-1834), British essayist

"To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."
-Confucius (551-479 BC)