On Kindness

1. Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.
- Bradley Miller, activist (b. 1956)

2. To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

- Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

3. Kindness is a hard thing to give away; it keeps coming back to the giver.

- Ralph Scott, US Senator (1905-1983)

Going by news reports, a number of people and institutions believe in the practice and advocacy of RAK - random acts of kindness. Most of us would have experienced being a recipient of an unexpected RAK and perhaps, even the warm feeling of doing one.

Kindness need not be confined to charitable donations and social service, it can extend to our interactions with others including colleagues.

Prof. Robert Sutton of Stanford University brought the concept of workplace bullying into prominence with his article in Harvard Business Review titled, "The No A****le Rule" and has published a wide-selling book on the topic.