“It's not fiction's job to be photographically representative of reality. If I want to make a fictional world where there's no kindness, this doesn't mean I believe there's no kindness in the real world. In fact, what it may mean is that I very much value kindness. Like if you make a painting in which only greens are allowed, it wouldn't mean you don't believe in blue.” IfsWorldWantBelieveMayMeanRealFactsRealityJobsValuesI BelieveFictionKindnessPaintingBlueDon't BelieveReal WorldRepresentativesFictional Worlds Author:George Saunders
“As a piece of travel literature alone, 'The Ends of the Earth' succeeds in providing a tangible sense of the sweaty, smelly reality of many exotic points on the map, with glimpses of their cruelty but also, occasionally, of beauty and human kindness. As a piece of analysis, it is deeply thought-provoking.” HumansEndsRealityEarthLiteratureKindnessPiecesSucceedCrueltyAnalysisMapsThought ProvokingProvidingProvokingGlimpseTangibleExoticHuman KindnessSmelly Author:Francis Fukuyama
“The key point is kindness. With kindness one will have inner peace. Through inner peace, world peace can one day be a reality.” WorldRealityKindnessKeysOne DayInner Peace Author:Dalai Lama
“Pity is a sense of our own misfortunes in those of another man; it is a sort of foresight of the disasters which may befall ourselves. We assist others,, in order that they may assist us on like occasions; so that the services we offer to the unfortunate are in reality so many anticipated kindnesses to ourselves.” MenMayRealityOrderKindnessOffersDisasterPityOccasionsMisfortunesUnfortunateAnother ManSelf PityForesight Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.” IfsUseRealityKindnessLateGenerosityToo LateGoodness And KindnessWords Of Kindness Author:Charles Kingsley
“Adversity is the first path to truth.” FirstsRealityKindnessPathOvercomingAdversityTrialsThoughtfulNot Giving UpOvercoming AdversityOvercoming ChallengesHang In ThereInspirational AdversityAdversity And CharacterAdversity In LifeOvercoming HardshipAdversity MotivationalOvercome TrialsProblems And ChallengesTriumph Over AdversityHardships Of Life Book:DON JUAN Source: DON JUAN
“There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.” NeedsRealityIndividualLanguageKindnessSupportShareEmotionalTasteAppreciationNationalityNourishmentLove And KindnessKindness To Others Author:Goswami Kriyananda
“Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.” WaySometimesRealityKindnessForeverGenerosityGenerousSuicidalGenerosity And KindnessKindness GenerosityGenerosity And GivingBeing GenerousSmall Kindnesses Author:Margaret Cho
“Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.” ThinkingLifeWritingKindRealityWaitingBehindsKindnessMirrors Author:Catherine Drinker Bowen
“Sometimes I think candor is the only kindness.” ThinkingSometimesRealityTruthKindnessCandor Author:Karen Allen
“I don't know where hell is ... another dimension, perhaps, or another plane of reality. As for getting there ... it's a choice between sinning and being tricked by demons It's a plane of evil ... despair ... and magic of the foulest kind.” KnowsKindRealityChoicesEvilKindnessHellMagicDespairPlanesDemonDimensionsSinning Author:Alan Grant
“After years of living with the coldest realities I still believe that one reaps what one sows and that to sow kindness is the best of all investments.” YearsBelieveStillsRealityKindnessInvestmentReapI Still Believe Author:Joseph William Martin, Jr.