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May 15, 2011 by kevinstilley

Kindness – select quotes

Liberty, equality – bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel

You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.
~ Frederick W. Faber

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
~ Benjamin Franklin

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind, yet strangely, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
~ Kahlil Gibran

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is held together.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
~ Theodore Isaac Rubin

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November 11, 2008 by kevinstilley

A Creed For Everyone

SILENCE when your words would hurt.
PATIENCE when your neighbor’s curt.
DEAFNESS when the scandal flows.
THOUGHTFULNESS for other’s woes.
PROMPTNESS when stern duty calls.
COURAGE when misfortune falls.

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Happiness – Select Quotes

Thomas Jefferson’s Decalogue

You Will Never Be Sorry

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November 8, 2008 by kevinstilley

GIFTS

To your enemy, FORGIVENESS.
To an opponent, TOLERANCE.
To a friend, YOUR HEART.
To a customer, SERVICE.
To all men, CHARITY.
To every child, A GOOD EXAMPLE.
To yourself, RESPECT.

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Happiness – Select Quotes

Thomas Jefferson’s Decalogue

You Will Never Be Sorry

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