“Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” – Harold S. Kushner

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“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Kindness is like snow- It beautifies everything it covers.” – Kahlil Gibran

“I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.” – Lady Gaga

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

That best portion of a man’s life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. -William Wordsworth

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” – Amelia Earhart

“Because that’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.” – Andrew Iskander

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“Play keeps us vital and alive. It gives us an enthusiasm for life that is irreplaceable. Without it, life just doesn’t taste good” -Lucia Capocchione

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“Play is the beginning of knowledge.” -George Dorsey

“It is a happy talent to know how to play.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The opposite of play is not work. It’s depression.” -Brian Sutton-Smith

“This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
― Alan Watts

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. -Kahlil Gibran

“It’s not that we spend five days looking forward to just two. It’s that most people do what they enjoy most on those two days. Imagine living a life where everyday are your Saturdays and Sundays. Make everyday your weekend. Make everyday a play-day…” ― James A. Murphy

“The true object of all human life is play.” -G. K. Chesterton

“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.” -Charles Schaefer

“Play is the exultation of the possible.” -Martin Buber

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw

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