#Kindness

"In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes."

"We all are so deeply interconnected; we have no option but to love all. Be kind and do good for any one and that will be reflected. The ripples of the kind heart are the highest blessings of the Universe."

"I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness."

"Be an advocate of love and kindness."

"Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope."

"If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness, this was good theology. But if your notion of God made you unkind, belligerent, cruel, of self-righteous, or if it led you to kill in God's name, it was bad theology."

"Love, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness are the secrets of all peace and happiness."

"Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making."

"Be kind to him who does not deserve your kindness."

"To be angry is easy, but to forgive is hard. That's why to love is easy, and to love is hard. I try to be so hard that I'm soft, like a liquid rock, fluid and forgiving, but unmovable in my resolve."

"Win the heart with love and win the hate with kindness."

"Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he's no Prince Charming!"

"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true."

"A hug is a priceless gift of love and kindness."

"It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being."

"Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life."

"Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others."

"May all that have life be delivered from suffering"

"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."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."