“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”

— Theodore Rubin · Courage quote

“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”

— THEODORE RUBIN

American psychiatrist and author · 1923 – 2019

Theodore Isaac Rubin was an American psychiatrist and author of more than thirty books, including Compassion and Self-Hate (1975). His fiction and popular psychology writing explored kindness, anger and emotional honesty.

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