“We know that kindness is always pleasant and reassuring. But strangely not everyone thinks and acts this way.”

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“Still we say as we go,—
"Strange to think by the way
Whatever there is to know,
That shall we know one day."”

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) English poet, illustrator, painter and translator

The Cloud Confines, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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“The notable difference in finding the solution to any kind of problem... is always the will that one has, to act and think.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La notevole differenza nel trovare la soluzione a qualsiasi tipo di problema... è sempre la volontà che si ha, di agire e pensare.
Source: prevale.net

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“People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.”

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist

Helen Keller: Her Socialist Years (1967)
Context: Some people do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions; and conclusions are not always pleasant. They are a thorn in the spirit. But I consider it a priceless gift and a deep responsibility to think.

“There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.”

Catherine Ryan Hyde (1955) American writer

Source: Pay It Forward

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“I know the old ways. There’s nothing evil there, only strange, and not even strange when you know it.”

Tanith Lee (1947–2015) British writer

Source: Short fiction, Companions on the Road (1975), Chapter 9, “The Dark” (p. 98)

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