“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 ... toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect 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, 1947 - 2012.Founder of the Human Kindness Foundation (www.humankindness.org)
“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness”
Charlie Chaplin, 1889 to 1977.Chaplin was an English comic actor and filmmaker.
“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness”
Charlie Chaplin, 1889 to 1977.Chaplin was an English comic actor and filmmaker.
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world”
Desmond Tutu, Bon 1931.Tutu is a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop.
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see”
Mark Twain, 1835 – 1910. Twain was an American author and humourist.
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted”
Aesop, 620 – 560 BC approximately. Aesop was a Greek philosopher.
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profundity. Kindness in giving creates love”
Lao-Tse, 604 BC approx. Lao-Tse is considered the first philosopher of the Taoist school.
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless”
Mother Teresa, 1910 – 1997. Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity and was the recipient of numerous honours including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.
“One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind”
Malayan Proverb
“No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves”
Amelia Earhart, 1897 – 1939. Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author, who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
“Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually…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”
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, Born 1935. His Holiness is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do”
Helen Keller, 1880 – 1968. Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deaf blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
“Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble”
French Proverb
“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer”
Mahatma Gandhi, 1869 – 1948. Gandhi inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world.
“Every act of kindness is potent and lingers long in the heart of the recipient”
Gary Lineker, Born 1960. Lineker is a sports broadcaster and formerly an English footballer who holds England’s record for goals scored in FIFA World Cup finals.
“Kindness costs nothing and it can give immense pleasure”
Peter Snow CBE, Born 1938. Snow is a British television and radio presenter.
“It’s kindness that helps people cope with a crisis”
Sir Nicholas Young, Born 1952. Young is a British charity worker and the Chief Executive Officer of the British Red Cross.
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”
Martin Luther King Jr., 1929 – 1968. King was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement using non-violent civil disobedience.
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, Brn 1935. His Holiness is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
“When you are kind to others, it not only changes you – it changes the world.”
Rabbi Harold Kushner, Born 1935
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi, 1869 – 1948. Gandhi inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world.
“People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is – just a be a little kinder.”
Aldous Huxley, 1894 – 1963. Huxley was an English writer.
“A little bit of kindness on the roads can go a long way towards improving road safety.”
Edmund King. King is Director of the RAC Foundation and President of The Automobile Association.
“Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as through they were some angel’s song which had lost it’s way and come down to earth.”
Fredrick W Faber, 1814 – 1863. A noted English hymn writer and theologian.
“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”
Sir James M Barrie, 1860 – 1937. Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan.
“The older you get the more you realise that kindness is synonymous with happiness.”
Lionel Barrymore, 1878 – 1954. Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director.
