Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see

Meaning: Acts of kindness transcend words and communicate beyond all physical limitations.

Origin: Attributed to Mark Twain, American author and humorist of the 19th century.

Translations

• French: La bonté est un langage que les sourds peuvent entendre et les aveugles voir (literally: Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see)
• Spanish: La bondad es un idioma que los sordos pueden oír y los ciegos pueden ver (literally: Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see)
• Japanese: 親切は耳の聞こえない人も聞け、目の見えない人も見られる言葉だ (Shinsetsu wa mimi no kikoenai hito mo kike, me no mienai hito mo mirareru kotoba da) (literally: Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see)

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