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Quotes About Benevolence

My religion is kindness.
~ Dalai Lama
God save us from people who mean well.
~ Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
Pure faith in the benevolece of the Divine can also degenerate into destructive forms of religion like othodoxy, fundamentalism, sectarianism, fanaticism, black magic and witchcraft.
~ Nirmala Srivastava
In every human act of charity, something larger, greater, divine has come down to visit the act.
~ Geoffrey Wood
The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
~ William Dean Howells
You will place the benevolent yoke of reason on the necks of the unknown beings on other planets, who may still be living in that primitive state known as freedom.
~ Yevgeny Zamyatin
All attempts to create something admirable are the weapons of evil. You may think you are practising benevolence and righteousness, but in effect you will be creating a kind of artificiality. Where a model exists, copies will be made of it; where success has been gained, boasting follows; where debate exists, there will be outbreaks of hostility.
~ Zhuangzi
What you sow you reap. What you give
~ Zig Ziglar
By giving away with kindness, you get it back with greatness.
~ Debasish Mridha, M.D.
Never try to be happy but always try to make someone happy. All the happiness in the world will be yours.
~ Debasish Mridha, M.D.
The more you are kind, the more kindness you will find.
~ Debasish Mridha, M.D.
Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.
~ Debbie Macomber
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
~ Demosthenes
Faith is a knowledge of the benevolence of God toward us, and a certain persuasion of His veracity.
~ John Calvin
You don't have to be rich to be generous. You have to be generous to be generous.
~ Johnny Hunt
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
~ Benjamin Franklin
To be a hegemon is inherently ambiguous, usually implying some mixture of dominance and legitimacy, that is, being seen as contributing global leadership in a generally benevolent manner.
~ Richard A. Falk
And learn the luxury of doing good.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
~ Charles Dickens
I pray for your kindness more than your success, because the latter without the former is a tragedy.
~ Jen Hatmaker
There is nothing more dangerous than kindness.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
A good deed needs no excuse.
~ Jennifer Egan
Generosity of the heart is the most valuable asset you can have.
~ Jennifer Freed
Do you know what philanthropist means?" Libby asked me seriously. "It means rich.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes