“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”

— Scott Adams

"A Kind Word", in DNRC Newsletter #9 (December 1995) http://web.archive.org/web/19970412134441/www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/newsletter/html/newsletter09.html

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