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Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. -- P. D. James
As a result of half a century of Soviet rule people have been weaned from a belief in human kindness. -- Svetlana Alliluyeva
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind. -- Steven Seagal
To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness. -- Friedrich Schiller
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When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught. -- Agnes Repplier
Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness. -- William Shakespeare
He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself. -- James M. Barrie
The stranger who receives the rare gift of human kindness holds its value in his heart forever. -- Charles Dudley Warner
All values in this world are more or less questionable, but the most important thing in life is human kindness. -- Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn. -- Viktor E. Frankl
I think the essence of [Kurt] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace. -- Michael Dirda
I have sped by land and sea, and mingled with much people, but never yet could find a spot unsunned by human kindness. -- Martin Farquhar Tupper
Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness. -- Vasily Grossman
I realize more and more how instinctively pessimistic I am of all human kindness -- since I am always so bowled over by it -- and am never surprised by injustice, malice or personal attack. -- Dawn Powell
They're a symbol of the whole town, pretending to fight, love, weep and laugh all the time - and they're phonies, all of them. And I head the list...their phony hearts were dripping with the milk of human kindness. -- Ben Hecht
God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast. -- Saint Ambrose
God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast. -- Saint Ambrose
The fact is, people who don't have any misfortunes are very irritating to their neighbours. No opportunities for popping in with condolences and new-laid eggs. No visits to the afflicted. No opportunities for the milk of human kindness to flow. Naturally it doesn't. -- Patricia Wentworth
I see a strategy for fracturing humanity well in play: just keep people separated and let them reinforce invented boundaries in their imaginations. Because when people come together and really listen to each other, doing the hard work of human kindness, virtually every barrier is breached. -- Jen Hatmaker
Human kindness has no reward. You should give to others in every way you see. expect absolutely nothing from anyone. It should be your goal to love every human you encounter. All human suffering that you're aware of and continues without your effort to stop it becomes your crime. -- Louis C. K.
Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerances and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-idea individual concentrated entirely on that one idea and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas. -- Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
. . . yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win: -- William Shakespeare
We ran up to them and they gave us hugs, cookies, and chocolate. Being so alone a hug meant more than anybody could imagine because that replaced the human worth that we were starving for. We were not only starved for food but we were starved for human kindness. And the Soviet Army did provide some of that. -- Eva Mozes Kor
Kindness is gracious demonstrate sensitivity and human warmth. -- Kishore Bansal
The basis of all good human behavior is kindness. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions. -- Madame de Stael
Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency. -- Frank Portman
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. -- Graham Greene
Sometimes, you know, human kindness just knocks you off your feet. -- Hollis Seamon
There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness. -- Billy Joel
I don't believe in your "Good". I believe in human kindness. -- Vasily Grossman
It is only kindness and love, which can change the human heart. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Nothing carries more potential for change than individual acts of human kindness. -- Jamie Winship
the supply of the milk of human kindness was short by several gallons -- P. G. Wodehouse
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. -- Seneca the Younger
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. -- Seneca the Younger
Love & kindness have far greater influence than punishment upon the improvement of human character. -- Shoghi Effendi
Love is the ultimate state of human being where compassion prevails and kindness rules. -- Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Maybe the past is supposed to fade-and that's actually a kindness of human memory. -- Katherine Center
You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be. -- Don Van Vliet
I'm most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness. -- Byron Katie
One of the ultimate things a human can learn is kindness for their fellow humans -- Evan Tanner
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. -- Bob Kerrey
Often what we take for a kindness is just someone acting in their capacity as a human being. -- Robert Breault
The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days. -- Stephen Jay Gould
I do believe in the power of prayer. I do. And I believe in the power of human kindness. -- Leland Dirks
It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness. -- Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
Like kindness, a smile from the heart not only purifies the human mind but also illumines the human heart. -- Sri Chinmoy
Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment. -- Virginia Woolf
I am full of the milk of human kindness, damn it. My trouble is that it gets clotted so easily. -- Gilbert Harding
We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness. -- R. J. Palacio
I think women need kindness more than love. When one human being is kind to another, it's a very deep matter. -- Alice Childress
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness. -- R. J. Palacio
As human beings, we are only able to survive in dependence upon the co-operation, help and kindness of other fellow humans. -- Dalai Lama
The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness. -- Derren Brown
Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit - waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have. -- Sakyong Mipham
The hottest coals of fire ever heaped upon the head of one who has wronged you are the coals of human kindness. -- Sterling W Sill
I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness. -- Georg Brandes
The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being. -- Eknath Easwaran
Four things are destroyed by the other fours: kindness by ingratitude, strength (of government) by crime, power by power and human love by arrogance. -- Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
As a fiction writer, one of things you learn is God lives in specificity. You know, human kindness is increased as we pursue specificity. -- George Saunders
If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life. -- Jeremy Piven
Love and kindness are the hammer and chisel that gently chip through barriers and long-held beliefs to reveal the magnificent soul contained within every human. -- Molly Friedenfeld
Every single human being is created in the image of God; created for dignity, created for the Father's love, created for kindness, created for mercy. -- Heidi Baker
True kindness is a pure divine affinity, Not founded upon human consanguinity. It is a spirit, not a blood relation, Superior to family and station. -- Henry David Thoreau
I'm thankful for the big stuff of course-my family, health, human kindness. But I'm also thankful that I don't have to work for Hollywood anymore. -- Wayne White
Sociopaths love power. They love winning. If you take loving kindness out of the human brain, there's not much left except the will to win. -- Martha Stout
there were crimes and quarrels, alongside kindness and cooperation; there were people who loved each other and people who did not; it was a human world. -- Orson Scott Card
He was as obsequious as a Japanese ivy plant. Wringing his hands as if he hoped to squeeze the milk of human kindness from his fingernails, ... -- Philip Kerr
We, the human beings in this world, if there is a spark of goodness or kindness in our hearts, avoid judging people. We prefer forgiving to judging. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan
The enjoyment that comes from our acts of kindness give us a glimpse of the world that might be, hopefully our future world. Good natured, friendly, human. -- David Dunn
The world, in its sheer exuberance of kindness, will try to bury the poet with warm and lovely human trivialities. It will even ask him to autograph books. -- Christopher Morley
You can develop the right attitude toward others if you have kindness, love and respect for them, and a clear realization of the oneness of all human beings. -- Dalai Lama
You are about to enter the realms of human beings. Be prepared for cruelty and kindness, for friendship and hatred. People are made of all possibilities and conditions. -- Stuart Hill
Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures. -- Bob Kerrey
Soul-serving requires a heart that beats hard against the ribs. It requires a soul full of the milk of human kindness. This is the sine qua non of success. -- Charles Spurgeon
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government. -- Eric Hoffer
No man can become a great leader of men unless he has the milk of human kindness in his own heart, and leads by suggestion and kindness, rather than by force. -- Napoleon Hill

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