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"These are things that I'm thinking about this week - That while the mitzvot are important, we have a whole book that exists only to teach the importance of being kind. That when we take responsibility for our part, that's when God steps in to do God's part. Not before." -- Ploni Almoni (JustSayXtian), 2022-06-06, after quoting two passages from Ruth Rabbah (6th century midrash on the book of Ruth (did I get that right?))
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Yes.
I haven't studied all of Ruth Rabbah yet, but I don't think they're saying "only" -- they're saying that this is an important teaching from the book of Ruth. I would think that the themes of faith and of doing the right thing even when it's the heard thing are also important. Also, the small coda at the end -- that Ruth the Moabite is the grandmother of King David -- is something I would expect the rabbis to consider important. :-)