Jeff Bezos Quotes

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?

True kindness isn't something we're born with. It's something we have to work at. Not everyone has it. But I think everyone has the potential. Sometimes you just have to look really close before you can tell it's there."-Kyoko

My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever.

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

Those who have the largest hearts have the soundest understandings; and they are the truest philosophers who can forget themselves.

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

How wise must one be to be always kind.

It's compassion that makes gods of us.

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

If you want to be holy, be kind.

I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard.

Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

Kindness isn't just a virtue, its a necessity.

Be kind. Always if you have a choice, be kind.

Some people think that without that spark of empathy we would do nothing, but that's just flat-out wrong. You could feel compassion for somebody without the spark of empathy.