"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."

~Abraham Joshua Heschel, theology professor (1907-1972)

I've always admired kind people but I do find I appreciate kind people even more as time goes on. Aren't clever, kind people cool ;)?

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
~Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true."
~Robert Brault, software developer, writer (1938- )

"It takes a certain maturity of mind to accept that nature works as steadily in rust as in rose petals."
~Esther Warner Dendel, writer and artist (1910-2002)