A Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Golden Holds Kindness Society Thread Together

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German - Novelist
August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832

The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.

Muhammad Yunus

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

Jeremy Taylor

You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to lots of jazz, actually.

Herbert

There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society

Gordon Brown

The Golden Rule works. It really does. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Kindness begets kindness.

Michael J. Silverstein

There's a thread that binds all of us together; pull one end of the thread, the strain is felt all down the line.

Rosamond Marshall

Curiosity is part of the cement that holds society together.

Robertson Davies

Work is the way we contribute to society, part of a reciprocal social contract - the giving of our effort and our taking when in need - that holds our society together. We work, we build our society, and we share in its prosperity.

Chuka Umunna

Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

William Blake

The institution of marriage holds society together. We can't replace the family.

Tim Huelskamp

There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their disposal and put it together to make a whole. That's what an editor does - looks at society at a given time and pulls together the interesting aspects into a single issue each month.

Graydon Carter

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.

Max Eastman

Socially we are woven into the fabric of society, where every man is like one thread in a piece of cloth. No single thread has a right to say, "I will stay here no longer," and draw out. No man has a right to make a hole in the well-woven fabric of society.