
Our kindness may be the most persuasive argument for that which we believe.
- Topic: Belief, Kindness, Persuasion
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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› E. E. Cummings
Unless you believe you will not understand.
› St. Augustine
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
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› Dalai Lama
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
› Plato
When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.
› Rumi
Let’s rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another.
› Rumi
The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.
› Mencius
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
› William Shakespeare
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
› Audrey Hepburn
The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.
› St. Augustine
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
› Charles Dickens
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.
› Mark Twain
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
› James Allen
Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.
› Mohandas Gandhi
