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

-Theodore I. Rubin (b.1923); psychiatrist, writer

"When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel."

-Harold Kushner (b.1935); American rabbi

"Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness."

-Kahlil Gabron (1883-1931); poet, artist, author

"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"

-Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778); philosopher

"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."

-St. Basil (330-379)

"The best portion of a good man's life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."

-William Wordsworth (1770-1850); poet

"One kind word can warm three winter months."

-Japanese Proverb

"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."

-John Ruskin (1819-1900); author

"It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second."

-John Steinbeck (1902-1968); author

"Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world."

-Annie Lennox (b.1954); musician