"Kindness": A Virtue to Be Emulated

An excerpt from the Strugatsky Brothers novel, "The Time Wanderers" He was like something out of a fairy tale: always kind and therefore always right. It was such an era that kindness always won. “Out of all possible solutions, choose the kindest one.” Not the most promising, not the most rational, not the most progressive and certainly not the most effective - the kindest! He never said these words, and he very sarcastically talked about those of his biographers who attributed these words to him, and he probably never thought in these words, but the whole essence of his life lies precisely in these words. And of course, these words are not a recipe, not everyone is given the gift of being kind, this is the same talent as an ear for music or clairvoyance, only rarer.