It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'Try to be a little kinder.

It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

"Now anybody can be "kind." And everybody's supposed to be. Except that long ago it was something you were born into and couldn't help. Now it's just a faked-up attitude half the time, like teachers the first day of class."

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness

The lesson was clear: Don’t just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it’s about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect.

There’s only one rule I know of: You’ve got to be kind.” — Kurt Vonnegut

Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it’s important is that, fundamentally, when we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn’t just ourselves that we’re discovering. We’re discovering the universe.

be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.

In the end only kindness matters

Kindness, Ive discovered, is everything in life