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Kind Quotes - Page 54

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.356, Da Capo Press

Mankind will not be reasoned out of the feelings of humanity.

Sir William Blackstone, John Fletcher Hargrave, George Sweet, Sir Richard Couch, William Newland Welsby (1852). “Commentaries on the Laws of England : in Four Books, with an Analysis of the Work”, p.246

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Four Quartets "Burnt Norton" pt. 1 (1936)

Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who profit by the cheat distrust the deceiver; and the act by which kindness was sought puts an end to confidence.

Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1804). “The beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous: to which are now added biographical anecdotes of the doctor, selected from the works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, recently published by Mr. Boswell, and other authentic testimonies; also his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late Doctor Dodd”, p.177

It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.

Roger Ebert (2013). “I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie”, p.99, Andrews McMeel Publishing

Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.

Robin Sharma (2016). “The Robin Sharma Pack”, Jaico Publishing House

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.403, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.

Oscar Wilde (2000). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.215, OUP Oxford

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief.

Mary Oliver (2009). “Evidence: Poems”, p.43, Beacon Press