Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of being exceptionally kind to others, beyond what is merely required.
R. J. Palacio's quote encourages us to practice kindness in an extraordinary manner, suggesting that mere kindness is insufficient in a world that often needs more compassion. By advocating for a level of kindness that surpasses expectations, it calls for a deeper commitment to care for others and create positive change in our interactions.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a motivational speech at a charity event to inspire attendees to show more kindness.
If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary - the world really would be a better place. And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you, in every single one of you, the face of God.
Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.
The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track or even your grade point average - though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you have touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.
Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
Love is what you've been through with somebody.
time is a tree (this life one leaf) but love is the sky and i am for you just so long and long enough
She stood a moment before my eyes, clearly and painfully, loved and deeply woven into my destiny; then fell away again in a deep oblivion, at a half regretted distance.
Inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not.
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