Kindness Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about kindness.

Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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Trust in the goodness of others is no small testimony to one's own goodness.

Francis Petrarch

Francis Petrarch

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It is better to wish for good than to know the truth.

Pythagoras of Samos

Pythagoras of Samos

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You will see that the evils of men are the result of their choices, and that the source of good is sought far away, when it is carried within their hearts.

Seeking the good of our fellow beings, we find our own.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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Wanting to become good is a big part of goodness.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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If you do good to be thanked, you are a merchant, not a benefactor; greedy, not charitable.

Francisco de Quevedo

Francisco de Quevedo

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Many are good if you believe the witnesses; few if you question their conscience.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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No hacer el bien es un mal muy grande.

Jean Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre

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I cannot rely on men whom I do not know, basing myself on human kindness or on man's interest in the good of society, given that man is free and there is no human nature on which I can base myself.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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By doing good, we nourish the divine plant of humanity; by creating beauty, we spread the seeds of the divine.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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He who is too busy doing good has no time to be good.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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Every act of kindness is a demonstration of power.