Quotes About Benevolence

What cruel mistakes are sometimes made by benevolent men and women in matters of business about which they know nothing and think they know a great deal.

Man should receive gracefully the bread returning to him upon the water - freely ye have given, freely ye shall receive.

There is peace on earth for him who sends good-will to man!

Giving opens the way for receiving.

The great flaw in the American economic system has finally been revealed: an unrealistic faith in the power of prosperity rather than in the ultimate power and benevolence of God.

When we are a comfort and encouragement to others, we are sometimes surprised at how it comes back to us many times over.

God has given us two hands--one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

the more you give, the more you have")

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

I have often heard persons condemned for not giving away money, who, to my own knowledge, were giving away thousands of dollars every year so quietly that the world knew nothing about it.

Whatever we possess becomes of double value When we have the opportunity of sharing it with others.

Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!

Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the operation of the Holy Spirit, I was reared from the very beginning by Christian parents. From them I learned even in babyhood the Holy Scriptures which led me to a knowledge of the truth.

Is stress always bad? No - if a stressor isn't too extreme, is only transient, and occurs in what overall feels like a benevolent environment, it's great, we love it - that's what play and stimulation are.

I always found that if you handle a problem in a benevolent way and a transparent way and involve other people, so it's just not your personal opinion, that people get to the other side of these difficult conversations being more enthusiastic.

the practice of Tonglen, which in Tibetan means "giving and receiving

The water of compassion courses through the canal of loving kindness.

And the great elements such as earth, May I always support the life Of all the boundless creatures. And until they pass away from pain May I also be the source of life For all the realms of varied beings That reach unto the ends of space.8

He, however, lost nothing by his kindness

Come, come, come? I'm not asking for hundreds of pounds, just a little to start with. Will someone say ten shillings?' 'I can say it, Father' said Milligan, 'but I haven't got it.' 'I've got it,' thought Dr Goldstein, 'but I'm not going to say it.

When you wish good for others, good things come back to you. This is the law of nature.

For it is in giving that we receive.

When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.