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“Everything has two handles; the one soft and manageable, the other such as will not endure to be touched. If then your brother do you an injury, do not take it by the hot hard handle, by representing to yourself all the aggravating circumstances of the fact; but look rather on the soft side, and extenuate it as much as is possible, by considering the nearness of the relation, and the long friendship and familiarity between you--obligations to kindness which a single provocation ought not to dissolve. And thus you will take the accident by its manageable handle.”

“the main necessity on both sides of a revolution is kindness, which makes possible the most surprising things. To treat one's neighbor as oneself is the fundamental maxim for revolution.”

Sides Kindness Revolution Treats Fundamentals Oneself Neighbor Surprising Both Sides Maxims Surprising Things

Book:the zodiac arch

Source: the zodiac arch

“Every one of us knows how painful it is to be called by malicious names, to have his character undermined by false insinuations, to be overreached in a bargain, to be neglected by those who rise in life, to be thrust on one side by those who have stronger wills and stouter hearts. Every one knows, also, the pleasure of receiving a kind look, a warm greeting, a hand held out to help in distress, a difficulty solved, a higher hope revealed for this world or the next. By that pain and by that pleasure let us judge what we should do to others.”

“When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.”

Thinking Way Trying Stories Three Sides Kindness Honest Balance Picks Versions Guts Multiple Honest Truth Sensational Three Ways

Author:Walter Isaacson

“The question why, at least in my life, often leads to despair. Why did this happen to me? Why didn't someone who claimed to love me treat me with respect, compassion, kindness? Etc. These questions never have answers. They are an ocean, and you'll never swim to the other side. Eventually, you'll tire and die.”

Happens Dies Sides Answers Compassion Kindness Despair Ocean Treats Etc Swim Tire

Author:Joshua Mohr

“He began it,” Cecily said, jerking her chin at Will, though she knew it was pointless. Jem, Will’s parabatai, treated her with the distant sweet kindness reserved for the little sisters of one’s friends, but he would always side with Will. Kindly, but firmly, he put Will above everything else in the world. Well, nearly everything.”

World Wells Littles Said Sides Kindness Sweet Treated Pointless Reserved Chins Jem Jem Carstairs Little Sister Clockwork Princess Parabatai Cecily Herondale

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”

Kind Made Helping Sides Water Kindness Helping Others Boat Motive Be Kind Volunteer

Author:Eric Hoffer

“I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure he doesn't remember it either. But this photograph is here now to prove that no amount of kindness on my part could make this photograph mean exactly what he.. or even I.. wanted it to mean. It's a reminder of the wonder and terror that is a photograph.”

Mean Wanted Remember Sides Behinds Wonder Kindness Amount Prove Photography Cameras Photograph Terror Reminders Kissinger Henry Kissinger

Author:Richard Avedon

“I've been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I've been the victim of that kind of intense kindness masking extreme stupidity.”

People Trying Kind Sides Kindness Projects Victim Tables Extremes Stupidity Intense Sympathetic

Author:Tilda Swinton

“Let us not live a life … that would bring regret. … It is not going to matter very much how much money you made, what kind of a house you lived in, what kind of a car you drove, the size of your bank account—any of those things. What is going to matter is that dear woman who has walked with you side by side as your companion through all of the years of life and those children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren and their faithfulness and their looking to you … with respect and love and deference and kindness.”

“Something similar happens on the other side of the equation: Giving kindness does us as much good as receiving it. . . . The true benefit of kindness is being kind. Perhaps more than any other factor, kindness gives meaning and value to our life, raises us above our troubles and our battles, and makes us feel good about ourselves.”

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Book:The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life

Source: The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life