For my purposes, I'll stick with Cicero, who said, "society and human fellowship will be best served if we confer the most kindness on those with whom we are most closely associated".
Explain to them that the tests can't measure what matters most: Kindness, integrity, honesty, responsibility, humor, creativity, wisdom, thoughtfulness.
"We've heard stories of dog walkers who try to tailor their routes to see the most kindness signs possible," she said.
Throughout his life Mr. Wilson distinguished himself through force of intellect, boundless energy, innate leadership, extraordinary sense of humor and, most importantly, kindness and concern for family and friends.
At the ceremonial presentation of the hose carriage, Col. Samuel W. Melton, a former Confederate officer and a legal adviser to the Independent Fire Engine Company of Columbia, told the visiting New Yorkers that he hoped his city would one day be able to "obey that golden rule by which you have been prompted in the performance of this most munificent kindness to a people in distress".
Ideals like honor, integrity, character, trust, and most importantly kindness.
It seems to me that of all the above values -- accomplishment, beauty, intelligence, ambition -- the one we need most is kindness.
We were met with the most incredible kindness everywhere we went which just further reinforced our view that people just want to live a good life and love their families and get through each day feeling they've done OK," Larmour adds.
At its most basic, kindness is about caring genuinely for others around you, wanting the best for them, and recognizing in them the same wants, needs, aspirations, and even fears that you have too.
Forever amazed by Harry and company's most basic kindnesses, Dobby did not exploit his newfound autonomy.
The part of me that criticizes and objects and blames, that's the part that needs to be treated with the most loving-kindness.
