36 Quotes About Meanness

In stating these matters, I speak an open and disinterested language, dictated by no passion but that of humanity. To me, who have not only refused offers, because I thought them improper, but have declined rewards I might with reputation have accepted, it is no wonder that meanness and imposition appear disgustful. Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live, but reign, and redeem: and without their divine influence spread everywhere, you would be in hell--the hell of your own meanness.

We do not engage in idle or intentional gossip which undermines someone else's integrity or which spreads the seeds of fear by talking unthinkingly about illness, disasters, and all the other fears which run rampant in the world.

I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.

Mean girls go far in high school. Kind women go far in LIFE.

Sometimes the universe uses an nasty person to pull you out of your comfort zone and throw you into an opportunity.

That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made that broken heart softer. Meanness just made the heart want to be hard.

Playful, positive sarcasm is different from negative mean sarcasm, and many people don't know the difference.

and anyway it’s just the same old story --a few people just trying,one way or another,to survive.Mostly, I want to be kind.And nobody, of course, is kind,or mean,for a simple reason.And nobody gets out of it, having toswim through the fires to stay inthis world.