Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern.
Today's quote comes from Mark Twain, who said:
”Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
The deaf can hear it. The blind can see it.
Twain's saying kindness transcends the senses. It doesn't need ears or eyes to be understood.
Think about what that means. Kindness communicates at a level deeper than words or appearance.
You can say all the right things, but if there's no kindness behind them, people feel it. The words might be perfect, but something's missing.
Or you can barely speak the same language as someone, but if you act with genuine kindness, they understand you perfectly. The words don't matter. The kindness translates.
This is why kindness is the most powerful form of communication we have. It bypasses everything that normally separates us.
Different languages? Kindness translates. Different cultures? Kindness is universal. Different backgrounds? Kindness connects.
You can't fake it. People sense kindness – or the lack of it – regardless of what you say or how you look.
A kind gesture to a stranger communicates more than a thousand eloquent words without kindness behind them.
And here's what Twain understood: kindness isn't just received through the senses. It's felt. Directly. Immediately.
That's why the deaf can hear it and the blind can see it.
Because kindness speaks to something deeper than hearing or sight. It speaks to our shared humanity.
So here's the question: What are you communicating today? Are your words kind but your actions cold? Or are you speaking the universal language of kindness?
Because you can speak kindness to anyone, anywhere, regardless of language or ability. And they'll understand you perfectly.
That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern – I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.
