“It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research and study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.” Aldous Huxley
“Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.” Zig Ziglar
“I want my daughter to know that she is loved, supported, and seen for whoever she becomes. I want her to be curious, empathetic, and kind. I want every child to feel seen, heard, and supported, not marginalized…” @MalloryMcMorrow
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live…is…victory.” Howard Zinn
“The point of giving is not to seek gratitude or receive recognition. It’s to live by your principles. True kindness isn’t motivated by how others will react. It’s an expression of who you are.” @AdamMGrant
“Beating yourself up doesn’t make you stronger... Being kind to yourself isn’t about ignoring your weaknesses. It’s about giving yourself permission to learn from your mistakes. We grow by embracing shortcomings, not punishing them.” @AdamMGrant#selfcare
Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the flowers,
Kind deeds are the fruits.
Take care of your garden, and keep out the weeds.
Fill it with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow #KindnessMatters
“We pay too much attention to the most confident voices—and too little attention to the most thoughtful ones. Certainty is not a sign of credibility [nor] thinking deeply. It’s better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.” @AdamMGrant
“No matter who you are, and what you do to live, thrive, and survive, there are still some things that make us all the same. You. Me. Them. Everybody… Everybody needs somebody to love.” Blues Brothers
Try and enjoy the here and now
The future will take care of itself somehow
Grass is never greener over there
Time will wear away the stone
Don’t try to live your life in one day
Don’t go speed your time away
“Empathy is powerful. There is no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of ‘You’re not alone.’” @BreneBrown
Am I alive or thoughts that drift away?
Does summer come for everyone?
Can humans do what prophets say?
And if I die before I learn to speak
Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep? #love
“People who are ‘nice’ to you aren’t always being kind…
Sharing what you need to hear is kind. People speak honestly to help you do better tomorrow. Candor is an act of care.” @AdamMGrant#KindnessMatters
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” Desmond Tutu
“I wanna thank me for always being a giver & tryna give more than I receive. I wanna thank me for tryna do more right than wrong. I wanna thank me for just being me at all times.” @SnoopDogg#KindnessMatters
“When people are hurting … what often helps them more is validating their feelings. Sharing your perspective is less comforting than showing you understand their perspective.” @AdamMGrant#KindnessMatters
This is my simple religion:
There is no need for temples;
no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart, is our temple,
and the philosophy is kindness. @DalaiLama#KindnessMatters
“The smallest gesture of kindness [is] an act of immeasurable profundity, because to each of us, our life is our universe… By your smallest acts of kindness, you will save an other’s world.”
“Boundaries are not a moat around your heart… Boundaries are saying that I choose self-love and self-respect over what you think of me or possibility of disappointing you.”
Brené Brown
It’s not always easy to be living in this world of pain.
You’re gonna be crashing into stone walls again and again.
It’s alright, it’s alright, though you feel your heart break.
You’re only human. @billyjoel
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ ... If you look for the helpers, you’ll know that there’s hope.”
Mr. Fred Rogers #LookForTheHelpers
“It’s not a coincidence that our favorite children’s stories focus on kindness, honesty, responsibility, persistence, and courage. The values we learn in kindergarten are the ones that matter most in life.” @AdamMGrant
“Treat people better than they expect — and expect nothing in return. Showing care is as much about respect you grant as time you give. A sign of character is consistently choosing to be kinder.” @AdamMGrant
@RachelBitecofer “Open up large parcels of inexpensive land in the outer reaches of the cities… Create thousands and thousands of ‘high quality’ tents…”
Trump detention camp plan 7/26/22
@RachelBitecofer “Trump’s legal theory is that presidents are entitled to absolute immunity for official acts. Under this theory a sitting president could violate the law with impunity.” @AdamSerwer
@Acyn @RepRaskin “Trump’s lawyer argued that as president* he could order the assassination of rivals and face no prosecution unless he’s impeached and convicted. But of course he could just kill or threaten to kill Members of Congress who dare to impeach or convict him.”
“The Twitter thing is different, right? We are seeing in these recent years that Elon Musk has behaved erratically at times, that the biographical facts that you mentioned that led to him at times talking about his loneliness, his sadness…” @RonanFarrow
“You take a guy with this much power, who is talking openly about his sadness, his isolation, his loneliness… There are people around him who are concerned. And then we as a nation — and indeed as a world — have to be concerned…”
@RonanFarrow @TheReidOut
“There are so many unanswered questions…lingering. How, for example, did Biden get 15 million more votes than his former boss Obama? Was the 2020 election a miracle? Honestly we don’t know and don’t expect an answer tonight.”
2/16/23 #FoxNewsLies#FoxLies
“WATCH: The Fox on air vs. off air comparison. To understand the depths of Fox’s hypocrisy, you really need to hear what the stars of Fox were saying on TV versus what they were telling each other behind the scenes.” @mehdirhasan
“In the long haul, I think you and all these opinion shows [are bad for America] because you’re very good at what you do [attracting] people who are determined that ideology is more important than facts.”
Ted Koppel to Hannity 2017
“It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience... To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.”
Carl Sagan