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That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to be kind to another, without helping himself.

The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.

What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult to each other.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.

Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.