“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.” ~Theodore Isaac Rubin #Kindness #ChooseKindness #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“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.” ~FDR #Kindness #ChooseKindness #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #photography

"It takes courage to be kind." ~Maya Angelou #Kindness #ChooseKindness #Flowers #photography #Bloomscrolling amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.” ~Eric Hoffer #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as you can.” ~John Wesley #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“A kind life, a life of spirit, is fundamentally a life of courage—the courage simply to bring what you have, to bring who you are.” ~Wayne Muller #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Kindness. Easy to do. Easy not to do. Choose the latter, no one will notice. Choose the former and lives may change.” ~Julian Bowers Brown #Kindness #ChooseKindness #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Where decency triumphs, kindness is smiling over its shoulder.” [email protected] #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Tell me what you pay attention to, and I will tell you who you are.” ~Jose Ortega y Gasset #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Appreciate the little things, for one day you may look back and find they were the big things.” (Anonymous) #Kindness #ChooseKindness #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ~Aesop #Kindness #ChooseKindness #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #photography

“A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the roses.” ~Chinese Proverb #Kindness #ChooseKindness #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Kindness is the hidden mutation in our DNA—an extraordinary adaptation that defies logic but sustains hope.” www.forbes.com/sites/forbes... @forbes.com

"Mean is easy. Mean is lazy. Mean is self-satisfied and slothful. You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful." ~Jake Tapper #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK @jaketapper.bsky.social

“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.” ~Abraham Joshua Heschel #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you can alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change the world.” ~James Baldwin #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“There is no other doorway into kindness and all its gifts but through the gentle risk to open ourselves, however slightly, and try.” ~Mark Nepo #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.” ~Khalil Gibran #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” ~Moliere #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” ~Plato #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“If you want to be a rebel, be kind.” ~Pancho Ramos Stierle #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“I believe in kindness, also in mischief.” ~Mary Oliver #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” ~James Baldwin #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.” ~Albert Schweitzer #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“True kindness is rooted in a deep sense of abundance, out of which flows a sense that even as I give, it is being given back to me.” ~Wayne Muller #Kindness #ChooseKindness #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash.” ~Bill Nye #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” ~Pablo Picasso #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

"It takes courage to be kind." ~Maya Angelou #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography #bloomscrolling amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Life is so difficult, how can we be anything but kind?” ~Sylvia Boorstein #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“It’s such a short time we have on this earth, to be happy, to be present, to perform, every day, whatever acts of kindness we can.” ~George Saunders #Kindness #ChooseKindness #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

The ever-wise Maria Popova reminds us that, no matter what, we always have choices: “These days I am less certain I will see the rosy outcome I would like, but I am more determined to meet the future with the best version of myself.” #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography

“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” ~Erik Erikson #Kindness #ChooseKindness #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“The secret of living well is not in having all the answers, but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.” ~Rachel Naomi Remen #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” ~Amelia Earhart #Kindness #ChooseKindness #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

"We will only attain freedom if we learn to appreciate what is different, and muster the courage to discover what is fundamentally the same." ~Thurgood Marshall #Kindness #ChooseKindness #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others, and if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” ~Dalai Lama #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

"You don't wait to be kind. The world needs your kindness right now, all the time. There will be a place for your kindness: Provide it.” ~Julie Harris #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

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"Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you." ~L.R. Knost #photography

"Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things." ~Lucy Stone #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“There are few problems in life which kindness and common sense cannot make simple and manageable.” ~Mary Burchell #Kindness #ChooseKindness #Flowers #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~Soren Kierkegaard #Kindness #photography #integrity amzn.to/2STbrcK

“We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. You always have the choice.” ~Dalai Lama #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.” ~Wendell Berry #Kindness #ChooseKindness #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." ~Mother Teresa #Kindness #ChooseKindness #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” ~Pablo Picasso #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead." ~Nelson Mandela #Kindness #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography amzn.to/2STbrcK

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” ~Marcus Aurelius #Kindness #ChooseKindness #flowers #photography #bloomscrolling amzn.to/2STbrcK