When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them

Quote by Willa Sibert Cather

Topics: Kindness Quotes

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets...

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets...

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind,...

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind,...

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has...

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has...

That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.

That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist,...

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist,...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

If youth did not matter so much to itself it would never have the heart...

If youth did not matter so much to itself it would never have the heart...

What the young one begs for, the grown-up throws away

What the young one begs for, the grown-up throws away

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth...

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth...

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Youth has a small head

Youth has a small head

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly...

I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly...