Favorite Inspiring Quotes
Kindness
Commentary by Peter Shepherd

“If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind.” ~ Alfred Fripp
Doesn't take IQ to be considerate and caring, and there's nothing better about a person than this quality.
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Teresa
As Leo Buscaglia said, “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

Harold Kushner said, "When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world." Raising the vibration by kindness has all sorts of consequences, as we and others then attract a better life.
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” ~ Lao Tzu
This is a spiritual way of being accessible to everyone. As Albert Einstein said, "The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth."
“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.” ~ Barbara DeAngelis
They form the basis of transforming our lives for the better.
This is universal truth. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said, "When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."
“When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.” ~ Dalai Lama

Here’s some further reading on this theme...
The Power of Kindness ~ Dr. Linda Sapadin
It’s not unusual for an act of kindness to shift a miserable day into an uplifting one. Wow, what power! And yet, we’re often too busy, too distracted, too focused on something else to take a moment out to be kind to a fellow human being. Continues...