“To the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness.” -George Saunders
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Interesting how our being so removed from nature and so reliant on superficial marketing fads, ends up harming animals and the food supply. Yet for the chickens, who are natural omnivores that readily devour bugs and small animals when they’re available, the forced vegetarianism can be a disaster. Chickens on an unsupplemented vegetarian diet typically [...]
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” – Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
A beautiful lesson on treating others with Kindness
Published under Interesting Random Stuff, Introspection Apr 27, 2015Julio Diaz remembers being robbed on a subway platform in the Bronx. Transcript below: JD: So I get off the train. You know, I’m walking towards the stairs and this young teenager, uh, pulls out a knife. He wants my money. So I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go.’ He [...]
“It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.” -Aldous Huxley
A touching video about the act of giving and doing good without expecting anything in return
Published under Interesting Random Stuff Apr 22, 2015A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind.” – Richard Dehmel“
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And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” – Howard [...]