It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the read more

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

Have you had a kindness shown?
Pass it on;
'Twas not given for thee alone,
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Have you had a kindness shown?
Pass it on;
'Twas not given for thee alone,
Pass it on;
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another's tears,
'Till in Heaven the deed appears--
Pass it on.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And read more

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing read more

A friend is one to whom you can pour out the contents of your heart, chaff and grain alike. Knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.