It's when I have mountains of paperwork that I hide on the valley floors away from prying eyes. ― Anthony T. Hincks

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Always be a little kinder than necessary. – James Barry

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The wonderful thing is that it’s so incredibly easy to be kind. – Ingrid Newkirk

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Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. – Mother Teresa

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People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

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Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they’re nice, but because you are. – Roy T. Bennett

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Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. – Princess Diana

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You can never know the ripple effect you create with one tiny gesture of kindness. – Elle Sommer

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The first type of people, after doing a deed of kindness to another, is quickly to demand the favor in return. The second type of people are not so quick to ask for a return of the favor, but privately think of the other as their debtor. The third type of people are just ‘like the vine which has produced grapes and looks for nothing else once it has borne its own fruit.' – Jonas Salzgeber

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I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.

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