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...her very kindness was cruel because it was founded not on love but on reason...

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W. Somerset MaughamCollected Short Stories: Volume 1

Everything passed, and what trace of its passage remained? It seemed to Kitty that they were all, th...

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That's how powerful you are, girl...You pretty, but pretty alone is not what people see. You the kin...

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Walter MosleyThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

People. They're really innately, inherently gentle and compassionate and kind. That's what wrings, w...

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If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show...let me do it...

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

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of ...

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They tell me, shaking their heads:"You should be kinder. You are somehow furious".I used to be kind....

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Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.

In my own shire, if I was sadHomely comforters I had:The earth, because my heart was sore,Sorrowed f...

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Life is mostly froth and bubble,Two things stand like stone.Kindness in another's trouble,Courage in...

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The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, i...

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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

He was one of those rare people, rare in our town as elsewhere, who have the courage of their good f...

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The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.

It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give peopl...

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With the ferrule of his walking-stick Denis began to scratch the boar's long bristly back. The anima...

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I’m not denying their kindness,” said the Rani. “But after all kindness isn’t the only virtue.

. . . there was something that Isabel had said that always stuck in his mind. Remember what you have...

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Alexander McCall SmithA Distant View of Everything

If we treated others with the consideration that one would give to those who only had a few days to ...

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It was a good thing to be an African. There were terrible things that happened in Africa, things tha...

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That was what counted, she told herself: those unexpected moments of appreciation, unanticipated gli...

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Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness ...

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For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret anno...

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There's nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or l...

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Compassion is like mother giving love to her children. Mother’s ways are higher than others, even wh...

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In reality, we live in everyone. I live in you. You live in me. There is no gap, no distance. We all...

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We live in everyone. I live in you. You live in me. There is no gap, no distance.

In reality, we live in every one. Deep down there is a rose in every heart.

Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.

A seed cannot grow in stone. Compassion is the fertile soil where life grows.

There is a music of the universes in every heart.

Enlightenment is the transformation that brings out the highest human qualities. It is the process t...

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Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.

As the flower blooms in spring, compassion grows in mindfulness.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how m...

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Mindfulness is not a mechanical process. It is developing a very gentle, kind, and creative awarenes...

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

The objective of nonviolence is to create a beloved world community.

Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be...

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There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion.

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

Kindness and awareness work together. Through awareness we understand the underlying beauty of every...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

Kindness has no religion. Religions are like narrow tracks but kindness is like an open sky.

Compassion is the signature of Higher Consciousness. Non-violence is the tool to evolve into the Hig...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

Let everyone evolve fast and understand humanity. Let the heart of stones be converted into heart of...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

Compassion is all inclusive. Compassion knows no boundaries. Compassion comes with awareness, and aw...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by cou...

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Some roads are covered with flower. Some hearts are full with kindness.

In the path of compassion our patience, resilience and endurance are often challenged. Sometimes we ...

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Every day, bring some flowers to your life. Every day bring some blessings in someone’s life.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

A compassionate heart radiates rays of beauty that remove the clouds of million hearts.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

Random acts of kindness, however small it may be can transform the world.

Every day send some blessings to the world. Let there be flow of love

Love is our strength to overcome the evils of the world.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

Compassion does not need any special preparation, place or time. You can start it anywhere and anyti...

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We can bring heaven on the earth when we have compassion for all living beings.

Compassion makes you strong, caring and creative. It creates a different attitude, a level of maturi...

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A seed cannot grow in stone. It requires fertile soil & water. Compassion is the soil where life gro...

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Kindness has no religion – no boundaries. It is the trust of the soul.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

Compassion needs new approach and new outlook with the way you see the world.

See life and feel its pulses with the eyes of a compassionate mother.

Kindness has no boundaries. It is the language of the soul.

Be the radiator of peace. Go to the center of your inner being. Radiate peace in every direction.

Light the candle of love. Spread the rays of happiness in every direction in every breath.

Strengthen your heart muscles by removing the sufferings of others.

Jnana yoga is the yoga of kindness and compassion - serving the self that is everywhere.

Yoga exercises are the best connecting tools for unity, human dignity, health, equality, global peac...

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Yoga is bringing fitness in body, calmness in mind, kindness in heart and awareness in life.

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Amit RayYoga The Science of Well-Being

At night too, she puzzled the mystery of her desperate need of kindness. As other girls prayed for h...

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Anaïs NinA Spy in the House of Love

Nothing can make a face more impenetrable than the mask of kindliness.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. ...

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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly abo...

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

You celebrate what works and you take tender care of what doesn’t, with lotion, polish, and kindness...

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Anne LamottPlan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.

The ideal man, takes joy in doing favours for others; but he feels ashamed to have others do favours...

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Men are like children, in that, if you spoil them, they become naughty. Therefore it is well not to ...

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The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. I...

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What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance...

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We were all victims of the arbitrary nature of a totalitarian regime that constantly intruded into t...

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Azar NafisiReading Lolita in Tehran

Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost; a w...

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Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this o...

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Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always fail...

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What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.

What I want is so simple I almost can’t say it: elementary kindness.

Sometimes I've survived anger only one minute at a time, by saying to myself again and again that th...

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For though men be ignorant, yet they are men

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

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Kind words produce their images on men's souls.

I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I...

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First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gos...

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Courage has a ripple effect. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little bette...

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

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure so...

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