"The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of Great Kindness."
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"Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth."
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"For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life."
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"There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!"
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"Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships."
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"And you can always, always, give kindness"
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"the world has changed: it did not change without your prayers without your faith without your determination to believe in liberation and kindness; without your dancing through the years that had no beat."
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"He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything."
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"Without kindness there can be no true joy."
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"One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession."
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"Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception."
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"Though we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within us, we must learn not to water those seeds and instead nourish our positive qualities - those of compassion, understanding, and loving kindness."
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"Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours."
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"The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard."
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"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle."
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"From a sensitive woman's heart springs the happiness of mankind, and from the kindness of her noble spirit comes mankind's affection."
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"First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her - for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys."
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"As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had, the only thanks that I should desire are that you would always be ready to serve any other person that may need your assistance, and so let good offices go around, for humankind are all of a family. As for my own part, when I am employed in serving others I do not look upon myself as conferring favors but paying debts."
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"In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune."
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"The milk of kindness flows through my body, I shall follow Jesus to the Taco Bell and give thanks."
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