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The Power of Kindness
Kindness means living a life filled with care, warmth, empathy, and concern for others.
Ana Lorena Fabrega • Fab Fridays 97: How to Raise Successful Kids
Kat Fergerson added
And there’s another: The kindness of not seeking to maximize short-term personal gain. The kindness of building something for the community, of doing work that matters, of finding a resilient, anti-selfish path forward.
Seth Godin • Three types of kindness
Supritha S added
“Kindness is invincible, but only when it’s sincere, with no hypocrisy or faking. For what can even the most malicious person do if you keep showing kindness and, if given the chance, you gently point out where they went wrong—right as they are trying to harm you?” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Kindness doesn't mean niceness. Ultimately, I think it means realism.
Jane Ratcliffe • The Kindness Person: A Conversation with George Saunders
Alex Dobrenko added
There is the kindness of ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ And the kindness of “I was wrong, I’m sorry.” The small kindnesses that smooth our interactions and help other people feel as though you’re aware of them .
Seth Godin • Three types of kindness
Kindness isn’t always easy or obvious, because the urgent race to the bottom, to easily measured metrics and to scarcity, can distract us. But bending the arc toward justice, toward dignity and toward connection is our best way forward.
Seth Godin • Three types of kindness
Supritha S and added
Kindness is very hard. I’m certainly not always kind, but it’s an ongoing process and an effort; I think that what it shows is that the relationship matters and that your partner will try not to hurt you. Part of being in a relationship involves taking care of the other person.