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Kindness

By Real Simple Editors Updated August 29, 2014
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Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

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A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

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Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.

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It is difficult to give away kindness. It keeps coming back to you.

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Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.

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Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

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Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.

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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.

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    1 of 11 Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
    2 of 11 A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.
    3 of 11 You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
    4 of 11 My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
    5 of 11 Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
    6 of 11 Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.
    7 of 11 It is difficult to give away kindness. It keeps coming back to you.
    8 of 11 Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.
    9 of 11 Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
    10 of 11 Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the heaven above.
    11 of 11 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.

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