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Stephen Covey Author, Speaker
Kindness

"When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes them possible, they often become insensitive and inconsiderate, neglecting the little kindnesses and courtesies so important to a deep relationship. They begin to use control levers to manipulate each other, to focus on their own needs, to justify their own position and look for evidence to show the wrongness of the other person. The love, the richness, the softness and spontaneity begin to deteriorate."

Love Kindness Eggs
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Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist, Evolutionary Biologist
Kindness

"I am not [...] asserting that humans are either genial or aggressive by inborn biological necessity. Obviously, both kindness and violence lie within the bounds of our nature because we perpetrate both, in spades. I only advance a structural claim that social stability rules nearly all the time and must be based on an overwhelmingly predominant (but tragically ignored) frequency of genial acts, and that geniality is therefore our usual and preferred response nearly all the time. [...] [T]he center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days."

Lying Kindness Usual
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Ron Reagan Political Figure, Broadcaster
Kindness

"Religion may indeed inspire acts of great kindness and courage. But it also trains people to believe things for which there is no evidence. This makes religion's intrusion into the political sphere all the more troubling."

People Believe Kindness
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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Kindness

"A generous friend gives life for a friend let's rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another"

Giving Friendship Kindness
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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
Kindness

"From the strictest humanitarian viewpoint, any attempt to stop the processes by which over crowded cities purge themselves is not a kindness."

America Cities Kindness
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Lady Gaga Singer, Actress
Kindness

"Together we hope to establish a standard of Bravery and Kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment."

Kindness Bravery Bullying
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Kindness

"...their eyes are full of kindness as each feels the full effect of novelty after a short separation. They are drawing a relaxation from each other's presence, a new serenity."

Eye Kindness Drawing
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Kindness

"It is nature's kindness that we do not remember past births. Life would be a burden if we carried such a tremendous load of memories."

Memories Kindness Karma
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Fran Lebowitz Author, Essayist
Kindness

"It's very important when making a friend to check and see if they have a private plane. People think a good personality trait in a friend is kindness or a sense of humor. No, in a friend a good personality trait is a Gulfstream."

Thinking Kindness Friends
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Neil Gaiman Author
Kindness

"We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it to our readers to build them as best we can. Because somewhere out there is someone who needs that story. Someone who will grow up with a different landscape, who without that story will be a different person. And who with that story may have hope, or wisdom, or kindness, or comfort. And that is why we write."

Lying Growing Up Kindness
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Marcel Proust Novelist
Kindness

"Physical love, so unjustly decried, forces everyone to manifest even the smallest bits of kindness he possesses, of selflessness,that they shine in the eyes of all who surround him."

Eye Sex Kindness
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Harper Lee Novelist
Kindness

"I have nothing but gratitude for the people who made the film. It was a most unusual experience. I'm no judge, and the only film I've ever seen made was Mockingbird, but there seemed to be an aura of good feeling on the set. I went out and looked at them filming a little of it, and there seemed to be such a general kindness, perhaps even respect, for the material they were working with. I was delighted, touched, happy, and exceedingly grateful."

Kindness Gratitude Grateful
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