Kindness

If you really want to shock the world, unleash your kindness.

When you listen, when you really listen to people, when you listen as fiercely as you want to be heard, when you respect the idea that you are sharing the earth with other humans, when you lead with your nice foot forward, you'll win every time.

When you listen — when you really listen to people, when you listen as fiercely as you want to be heard, when you respect the idea that you are sharing the earth with other humans, when you lead with your nice foot forward, you'll win every time.

No matter how cliché it may sound, you will never truly be successful until you learn to give beyond yourself. Empathy and kindness are the true signs of emotional intelligence.

There is one measure of civilization and it comes down to how people treat each other. Kindness is the basic ingredient.

I'm not asking you kids to change the whole world. But if you're kind, you're doing far more than you know. There's nothing more powerful than kindness.

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded... sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.

Your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.

Do all the other things, the ambitious things — travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love — but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness.

For in learning how to be a nobody, you will learn how not to be a jerk. You will tip well. You will empathize. You will be a mentor, and a generous one.

It just doesn't pay to be a jerk. Kindness, respect, and all that good stuff — it just goes a long way.

The world is yours. Treat everyone kindly and light up the night.