--- title: "10 Kindness Gentleness Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Kindness Gentleness quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Kindness Gentleness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/charlie-chaplin-1779_cleverness_more-than-cleverness-we-need-kindness-an_3234002.jpg" --- > [More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-chaplin/more-than-cleverness-we-need-kindness-and-gentleness/) [Charlie Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-chaplin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/charlie-chaplin-1779_cleverness_more-than-cleverness-we-need-kindness-an_3234002.jpg) > [Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/kindness-and-gentleness-never-had-a-gender-and-neither-did-empathy/) [Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/rebecca-solnit-569_empathy_kindness-and-gentleness-never-had-a-gend_2233502.png) > [Our problems are not solved by physical force, by hatred, by warOur problems are solved by loving kindness by gentleness, by joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/our-problems-are-not-solved-by-physical-force-by-hatred-by-warour/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/gautama-buddha-163_force_our-problems-are-not-solved-by-physical_1144943.jpg) > [We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-chaplin/we-think-too-much-and-feel-too-little-more-than-machinery-we-need/) [Charlie Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-chaplin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/charlie-chaplin-1779_business_we-think-too-much-and-feel-too-little-mo_2764174.jpg) > [How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-s-monson/how-much-better-the-world-would-be-if-we-all-gave-gifts-of/) [Thomas S. Monson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-s-monson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9aa/thomas-s-monson-409_compassion_how-much-better-the-world-would-be-if-we_1514697.png) > [Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-john-chrysostom/surely-we-ought-to-show-them-animals-great-kindness-and-gentleness/) [Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_animal_surely-we-ought-to-show-them-animals-gre_2229932.jpg) > [“We don’t have the right to forgive people; it is not only about our kindness or gentleness, it is about keeping the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/we-don-t-have-the-right-to-forgive-people-it-is-not-only-about-our/) [M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/m-f-moonzajer-244_forgive_we-don-t-have-the-right-to-forgive-peopl_2138709.jpg) > [Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. Kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-should-be-the-silver-thread-that-runs-through-all-your-conduct-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/anonymous-1_children_love-should-be-the-silver-thread-that-ru_1022770.jpg) > [“For all that ye may ever keep is just what you give away, and that you give away is advice, counsel, manner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-cayce/for-all-that-ye-may-ever-keep-is-just-what-you-give-away-and-that-you/) [Edgar Cayce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-cayce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/edgar-cayce-2201_brotherly-love_for-all-that-ye-may-ever-keep-is-just-wh_2206136.jpg) > [“I have my own peculiar yardstick for measuring a man: Does he have the courage to cry in a moment of grief?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophia-loren/i-have-my-own-peculiar-yardstick-for-measuring-a-man-does-he-have-the/) [Sophia Loren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophia-loren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96f/sophia-loren-2705_animal_i-have-my-own-peculiar-yardstick-for-mea_3185932.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kindness-gentleness/#itemlist", "name": "Kindness Gentleness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlie Chaplin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-chaplin/more-than-cleverness-we-need-kindness-and-gentleness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/charlie-chaplin-1779_cleverness_more-than-cleverness-we-need-kindness-an_3234002.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/charlie-chaplin-1779_cleverness_more-than-cleverness-we-need-kindness-an_3234002.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/charlie-chaplin-1779_cleverness_more-than-cleverness-we-need-kindness-an_3234002.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness” — Charlie Chaplin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rebecca Solnit" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/kindness-and-gentleness-never-had-a-gender-and-neither-did-empathy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/rebecca-solnit-569_empathy_kindness-and-gentleness-never-had-a-gend_2233502.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/rebecca-solnit-569_empathy_kindness-and-gentleness-never-had-a-gend_2233502.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/rebecca-solnit-569_empathy_kindness-and-gentleness-never-had-a-gend_2233502.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.” — Rebecca Solnit", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our problems are not solved by physical force, by hatred, by warOur problems are solved by loving kindness by gentleness, by joy", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/our-problems-are-not-solved-by-physical-force-by-hatred-by-warour/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/gautama-buddha-163_force_our-problems-are-not-solved-by-physical_1144943.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/gautama-buddha-163_force_our-problems-are-not-solved-by-physical_1144943.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/gautama-buddha-163_force_our-problems-are-not-solved-by-physical_1144943.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our problems are not solved by physical force, by hatred, by warOur problems are solved by loving kindness…” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We think too much and feel too little. 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