133 Kindness Quotes To Inspire

June 9, 2024, 4:45 p.m.

133 Kindness Quotes To Inspire

In a world that often feels hurried and disconnected, the simple act of kindness has the power to transform lives, uplift spirits, and forge lasting connections. Whether it's a gentle word of encouragement, a small act of generosity, or a smile to a stranger, kindness resonates deeply within us all. That's why we've compiled a curated collection of the top 133 kindness quotes to inspire and remind us of the beauty in being kind. These quotes, from a diverse array of voices and perspectives, serve as a powerful reminder that even the smallest acts can create ripples of positivity in the world around us. Dive in and let these words inspire you to spread kindness in your daily life.

1. “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

2. “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.” - Jane Goodall

3. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” - Lao Tzu

4. “A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.” - Og Mandino

5. “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” - Robert F. Kennedy

6. “There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham - all a sham, James, and it won't stand when things come to be turned inside out and put down for what they” - Anna Sewell

7. “There is nothing so rewarding as to make people realize that they are worthwhile in this world.” - Bob Anderson

8. “When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do. ” - Rachel Naomi Remen

9. “Nothing carries more potential for change than individual acts of human kindness. ” - Jamie Winship

10. “The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” - Mahatma Gandhi

11. “We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

12. “What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man.” - Deanna Raybourn

13. “Kate lost a mother," I said, "but I lost a nothing."Kate doesn't feel that way," Jack assured me.But what about everybody else besides Kate? How can I ever explain to anyone what she was when she and I had no name? People need names for everything. I wasn't a relative or a friend, I was just an object of her kindness."He wiped my cheeks, saying Ssshh. I buried my face in his shoulder.True kindness is stabilizing," I went on. "When you feel it and when you express it, it becomes the whole meaning of things. Like all there is to achieve. It's life, demystified. A place out of self, a network of simple pleasures, not a waltz, but like whirls within a waltz."You're the one now," Jack said definitively. "That's why you met her. She had something she had to pass on." (p. 95)” - Hilary Thayer Hamann

14. “I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.” - Mother Teresa

15. “Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.” - J. M. Barrie

16. “God damn it, you've got to be kind.” - Kurt Vonnegut

17. “One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, "I love you", "I'm sorry", "I appreciate you", "I'm proud of you"...whatever you're feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it...cause a smile today for someone else...and give plenty of hugs.” - Steve Maraboli

18. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” - Steve Maraboli

19. “It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.” - Steve Maraboli

20. “Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.” - Dr. Asa Don Brown

21. “I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is etched in the lives and hearts of those I've touched.” - Steve Maraboli

22. “Search for contentment in each person you meet.” - Steve Maraboli

23. “It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.” - Steve Maraboli

24. “Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.” - Steve Maraboli

25. “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

27. “The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.” - James Oliver Curwood

28. “Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness - both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter.” - Dawna Markova

29. “I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.” - Mother Teresa

30. “Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.” - Samuel Johnson

31. “People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness.” - Sanaya Roman

32. “Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives” - Charlotte Gray

33. “It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.” - Jodi Picoult

34. “...treat people with understanding when you can, and fake it when you can'tuntil you do understand.” - Kim Harrison

35. “Today I will take the opportunity to do unanticipated good.” - Steve Maraboli

36. “But once you accept the fact that you have always been alone, and will always be, then your perspective can begin to change. You can become aware of the small kindnesses, the little comforts. Be grateful for them.” - Linda Olsson

37. “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. ” - Karen Armstrong

38. “The maid told him that a girl and a child had come looking for him, but since she didn't know them, she hadn't cared to ask them in, and had told them to go on to Mers."Why didn't you let them in?" asked Germain angrily. "People must be very suspicious in this part of the world, if they won't open the front door to a neighbor.""Well, naturally!" replied the maid. "In a house as rich as this, you have to keep a close watch on things. While the master's away I'm responsible for everything, and I can't just open the door to anyone at all.""That's a mean way to live," said Germain; "I'd rather be poor than live in fear like that. Good-bye to you, miss, and good-bye to this horrible country of yours!” - George Sand

39. “Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn

40. “It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,” - Amit Ray

41. “Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.” - Isaac Bashevis Singer

42. “But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well as one's most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely. Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.” - Dinah Craik

43. “(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.” - J.M. Coetzee

44. “One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned.” - Mark Ortman

45. “There was a time when a new deputy tried to teach Mr. Fruit about the difference between a red and a green light, but Mr. Fruit had resisted all efforts to reorder what he had been doing perfectly well for many years. He had not only monitored the comings and goings of the town, his presence softened the ingrained evil that flourished along the invisible margins of the town’s consciousness. Any community can be judged in its humanity or corruption by how it manages to accommodate the Mr. Fruits of the world. Colleton simply adjusted itself to Mr. Fruit’s harmonies and ordinations. He did whatever he felt was needed and he did it with style. “That’s the Southern way” my grandmother said. “That’s the nice way.” - Pat Conroy

46. “I have wept in the nightAt my shortness of sightThat to others' needs made me blind,But I never have yetHad a twinge of regretFor being a little too kind.” - C.R. Gibson

47. “The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton

48. “Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.” - Plato

49. “The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others,the more he has for his own.” - Lao Tzu

50. “That's how powerful you are, girl...You pretty, but pretty alone is not what people see. You the kinda pretty, the kinda beauty, that's like a mirror. Men and women see themselves in you, only now they so beautiful that they can't bear to see you go.” - Walter Mosley

51. “There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment” - Harriet Jacobs

52. “Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” - Shannon Alder

53. “On the way home I absently minded (you know what I mean) went through a stop sign in Hyannis so of course there was a police car to apprehend me. A soft answer turnethed away wrath, fortunately.” - Edward Gorey

54. “There is one kind of laugh that I always did recommend; it looks out of the eye first with a merry twinkle, then it creeps down on its hands and knees and plays around the mouth like a pretty moth around the blaze of a candle, then it steals over into the dimples of the cheeks and rides around in those whirlpools for a while, then it lights up the whole face like the mellow bloom on a damask rose, then it swims up on the air, with a peal as clear and as happy as a dinner-bell, then it goes back again on gold tiptoes like an angel out for an airing, and it lies down on its little bed of violets in the heart where it came from.” - Josh Billings

55. “The knowing ones must have pity on the ignorant.One who knows is willing to give up his body even for an ant,because he knows that the body is nothing.” - Swami Vivekananda

56. “The real trouble is that 'kindness' is a quality fatally easy to attribute to ourselves on quite inadequate grounds. Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment. Thus a man easily comes to console himself for all his other vices by a conviction that 'his heart's in the right place' and 'he wouldn't hurt a fly,' though in fact he has never made the slightest sacrifice for a fellow creature. We think we are kind when we are only happy: it is not so easy, on the same grounds, to imagine oneself temperate, chaste, or humble.” - C.S. Lewis

57. “I couldn't shake the impulse to help him. It seemed that the older I got the more I believed that everyone, homeless or not, deserved to be treated at least like a human.” - Julia Karr

58. “Ellen's life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy, that was woman's lot. It was a man's world, and she accepted it as such. The man owned the property, and the woman managed it. The man took credit for the management, and the woman praised his cleverness. The man roared like a bull when a splinter was in his finger, and the woman muffled the moans of childbirth, lest she disturb him. Men were rough of speech and often drunk. Women ignored the lapses of speech and put the drunkards to bed without bitter words. Men were rude and outspoken, women were always kind, gracious and forgiving.” - Margaret Mitchell

59. “For the multifold secret to work only one thing is necessary. You must take action. You must give. You must share. You must act with abandon. Send out waves of love and kindness into the world and then simply wait for the response. Or, better yet, continue to send out more waves. Why wait? The response will come. Keep sending waves and enjoy the reaction.” - John Kremer

60. “When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.” - John Ortberg

61. “When you find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stand in front of you when other’s cast stones, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who will hold your hand when your sick, who thinks your pretty without makeup, the one who turns to his friends and say, ‘that’s her’, the one that would bear your rejection because losing you means losing his will to live, who kisses you when you screw up, watches the stars and names one for you and will hold and rock that baby for hours so you can sleep…..you marry him all over again.” - Shannon Alder

62. “Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again.” - Randa Abdel-Fattah

63. “There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.” - Catherine Ryan Hyde

64. “Kindness is stronger than iron bars.” - Margaret George

65. “When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.” - Walter Savage Landor

66. “The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy.” - Sharon Salzberg

67. “The greatest cause in the world is joyfully rescuing people from hell, meeting their earthly needs, making them glad in God, and doing it with a kind, serious pleasure that makes Christ look like the Treasure he is.” - John Piper

68. “There is no small act of kindness.Every compassionate act makes large the world.” - Mary Anne Radmacher

69. “I like how Mother Teresa put it: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile." If you approach life this way, always looking for ways to build instead of to tear down, you'll be amazed at how much happiness you can give to others and find for yourself” - Sean Covey

70. “Sowing seeds of kindness always reaps a crop of heavenly blessings.” - Rebecca Barlow Jordan

71. “One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.” - Mike Norton

72. “Needing kindness myself, I am kinder now, and we get on amazingly well. [p. 110]” - Lionel Shriver

73. “There is one advantage to realizing that you're never going to get it right: you do begin to stop expecting everyone else to get it right too, which makes for less frustration when other people turn out to be just as human as you are.” - Jeff Wilson

74. “Hold dear and true friends close to your heart, it matters not where you find them, only that you treat them with love and respect always.” - L.M. Fields

75. “A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist” - Sophocles

76. “He was in love, and never had he felt such kindness towards another person.” - Ann Patchett

77. “Humanity must forgive 'Humanity', for only then can we be Humane.” - Ilyas Kassam

78. “If you can live with less of what you have. You can be more of who you are.” - Celso Cukierkorn

79. “The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice that he or she is weak. Those traits have nothing to do with each other. In fact, it takes considerable strength and character to be a good person.” - Mary Elizabeth Williams

80. “This Christmas mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love, and then speak it again.” - Howard W. Hunter

81. “Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.” - Sir Thomas More

82. “Arrogance is someone claiming to have come to Christ, but they won't spend more than five minutes listening to your journey because they are more concerned about their own well being, rather than being a true disciple of Christ. Blessed is the person that takes the time to heal and hear another person so they can move on.” - Shannon L. Alder

83. “I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.” - Herman Melville

84. “I required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.” - Mary Shelley

85. “Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side.” - Rasheed Ogunlaru

86. “Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost; a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.” - Barack Obama

87. “I know most people want others to have good lives, and, when they understand the situation, they will do what they can to steer the world back toward kindness. This is when human beings, I believe, are most admirable.” - Daoud Hari

88. “Compassion is the signature of Higher Consciousness. Non-violence is the tool to evolve into the Higher Consciousness.” - Amit Ray

89. “Kindness in your dealings with yourself and others will work wonders in your life. Much more so than rightness in your thinking.” - Kim R. Shaffer

90. “The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way.” - Tara Brach

91. “What is kinder--to believe the best of people and burden them with a nobility beyond their endurance--or to see them as they are, and accept it because it makes them comfortable?” - Ayn Rand

92. “Service is a smile.  It is an acknowledging wave, a reaching handshake, a friendly wink, and a warm hug.   It's these simple acts that matter most, because the greatest service to a human soul has always been the kindness of recognition.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

93. “She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to listen to Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. It almost feels like of the three things involved: Mary Elizabeth, me, and the great things, only the first one matters to Mary Elizabeth. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.” - Stephen Chbosky

94. “He gives me a little shrug, like, of course, why else? And at this point, I really have no right to be surprised by people's capacity for kindness and generosity, but still, I am. I'm floored every time.” - Gayle Forman

95. “Kindness trumps everything. Kind people are magnets for all of the good things in life.” - Tom Giaquinto

96. “Kindness isn't so difficult, when the object is worthy.” - Brenda Hiatt

97. “First do no harm!” - Sophie E. Tallis

98. “Be nice. And if you can't do that, just don't be mean.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

99. “We change the world a little each day with our kindness.” - Tom Giaquinto

100. “Mindful of not thanking their benefactors, in case, like wights, they took offense, she added, "Your kindness is gratefully acknowledged. May your trees be forever fruitful.” - Cecilia Dart-Thornton

101. “In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.” - Pablo Casals

102. “You never know the hurt others endure in this world behind the closed windows of their life, or the joy a simple act of kindness can bring.” - Jennifer Skiff

103. “Cosmé is in constant attendance. Though no one will take Aneaxi’s place, Cosmé is the most efficient maid I’ve ever had. I tell her so, frequently, and it gives me such a twist of pleasure to watch her react to praise from someone she despises. The Scriptura Sancta calls it “the fire of kindness.” - Rae Carson

104. “A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.” - Bryant McGill

105. “He advocated that all who follow Jesus are priests, not just the official clergy. Much of what he said made sense, as did his kind manner. But why was he here now? Had this persecuted recluse emerged just to speak to me?” - David Holdsworth

106. “I like Kindness it's something the Government can't tax and it's free to give away that will return to you some day” - Stanley Victor Paskavich

107. “The truth, he thought, has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.” - Graham Greene

108. “They looked at me, and were so full of delight in the pleasure they were giving me that some final thread of resistance gave way and I understood not only how entirely generous they were but also that generosity might be the greatest pleasure there is.” - William Maxwell

109. “Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful toward your enemy for providing you that precious opportunity. Because if you are ever to be successful in your practice of patience and tolerance, which are critical factors in counteracting negative emotions, it is due to your own efforts and also the opportunity provided by your enemy.” - The Dalai Lama

110. “Kindness is goodness hidden in the heartMore often than declared in speech.- Kindness” - William Kean Seymour

111. “The world was in terrible shape, and I'm glad we stood up and said what we believed; but a lot of the time we'd say these beautiful things about justice and fairness and equality, but we weren't so nice to each other. We'd be jealous and we'd gossip, and we'd be moody and difficult and rude and inconsiderate. Why do I say 'we'? I mean I would be all that-- and if at the time I ever came near to knowing what I'd become, I'd dodge, I'd duck, I'd go on the offensive: the terrible Wall Street bankers. Lots of them were terrible-- and so were lots of us.” - Dorothy Day

112. “Money is but one venue for generosity.Kindness is an even more valuable currency.” - Alan Cohen

113. “I love like I’m thirsty. Can I offer you a tall glass of Sahara sand?
” - Dark Jar Tin Zoo

114. “Act like you care. Pray like you care. Speak, smile, reach out, and live like you care.  The point is to make sure those in your life know beyond doubt that you do care.” - Richelle E. Goodrich

115. “If I have the gift of the prophecy, and can fathom all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” - Anonymous

116. “Give Happiness, Patience, kindness, and Care, and the PAIN goes away.Then only LOVE remains...” - Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

117. “Your inability to see the wisdom in someone else is not a reflection on their lack of perspicacity, it is a reflection on yours.” - Ilyas Kassam

118. “It's not just about what I can SEE for our future, or humanity; it's about what I can DO for our future and humanity.” - Steve Maraboli

119. “Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love” - Bryant McGill

120. “How kind you are, North Wind!''I am only just. All kindness is but justice. We owe it.” - George MacDonald

121. “Respect is that great spirit of good, which creates the beautiful space giving all souls the simple room to breathe.” - Bryant McGill

122. “I have a very simple philosophy of life:Kindness. Ferocious, unrelenting, ruthless, committed, passionate, kindness.Life is sacred everywhere. We all have better things to do than beat each other up.Arguing for the exception is to invest it with energy, it's to negotiate the loophole. The commitment to kindness must be total.” - David Gerrold

123. “The relationship you take for granted is the one that needs the greatest work.” - George Alexiou

124. “Kindness is a currency that can cover a multitude of interpersonal debts.” - George Alexiou

125. “Success follows those who champion a cause greater than themselves.” - George Alexiou

126. “There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.” - Bryant McGill

127. “Kindness is seen as weakness and intelligence worshiped, even when that intelligence allows unfathomable injustice and suffering to occur under its smart watch.” - Bryant McGill

128. “For most of her life she just expected things would work out, that people would be kind. Now she recognized her good fortune for what it was. She'd been lucky in so much, it had left her woefully unprepared for old age.” - Stewart O'Nan

129. “When I was in Auschwitz, I kept asking, why am I here, what did I do wrong? What did my grandfather do wrong? And a young American man, he put me in the right knowledge. You didn’t do anything wrong, he said, the world did something wrong, terribly wrong. This young man, he went to Budapest in the beginning of it all, and he saved Jews, he gave out passports of Sweden, and because the Hungarians didn’t know how to read Swedish, this was how my father was saved. And thousands of others too, with these pieces of paper. I am here to tell you that one man can make a difference, and that man can be you, any of you…” - Alice Lok Cahana

130. “I made a painting that has holes in it. Why is there holes? Because God says to us, I cannot do all. I can create you, but I cannot do it all. You have to help Me fix the holes and put everything together. This is the learning from the Holocaust. That each of us is here to fix the holes.I don’t know how much you know about the Holocaust. What is your interest in it? What do you want to do with your life, where do you want to go? What is hurting in you? What are your holes to fix? What is now important in my life, and in your life also, is that after the Holocaust, we are shaking hands with each other, that we are nobody lesser than the other. That we understand the real meaning of what God created us for. You have the task. You have the task to better this world. There are holes in people also but those we create and can fix with love. God wants us whole.” - Alice Lok Cahana

131. “Let your brilliance be expressed through kindness.” - Bryant McGill

132. “Charity felt rather snoozy after the long sermon, and she was really very grateful when Reverend Meeps offered her a cup of tea. Church was not so bad when the minister remembered you were only human.” - Elizabeth Jane Howard

133. “We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion.” - Bryant McGill