The world would crumble completely absent the quiet, unshowy, unselfish, sustained kindness of people like you.
Sasha Chapin • An open letter to 56 people I know
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The world would crumble completely absent the quiet, unshowy, unselfish, sustained kindness of people like you.
...kindness, it turns out, is hard — it starts out all rainbows and puppy dogs, and expands to include . . . well, everything.
George Saunders • “Failures of Kindness”
absence of a belief in a God who would punish us for disobedience would go on to become cornerstones of my personal and professional life.
Harold S. Kushner • Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life
we are all on the verge of needing someone to come to our imaginative aid. And therefore, if for no other reason, we have a duty to remain constant providers of generous interpretations of the lives of others. We must be kind in the sense not only of being touched by the remote material suffering of strangers, but also of being ready to do more tha
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
This is who I want to be in the world. This is who I think we are supposed to be, people who help call forth human beings from deep inside hopelessness.
Anne Lamott • Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
kindness, modesty, and sincerity.”