Quotes About Benevolence

The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish; it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected.

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

Steadfast benevolence, sustained by the wisdom that anything other than benevolence is painful, protects the mind from all afflictions.

The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.

Live a virtuous life, help everyone and spread joy wherever you go.

To be generous is the best way to live in this world.

Power in any Form . . . when directed only by human Wisdom and Benevolence is dangerous.

It is our privilege to be allowed to be charitable, for only so can we grow. The poor man suffers that we may be helped; let the giver kneel down and give thanks, let the receiver stand up and permit.

Compassion for others is a mark of wisdom.

Manibus date lilia plenis. Give lilies with full hands.

As Shantideva writes in this beautiful prayer: As long as space endures As long as sentient beings remain, Until then may I too remain To dispel the miseries of the world.

I'm reminded of the Confucian concept of ren: inadequately conveyed by "benevolence," that quality which is quintessentially human, which can only be cultivated through interaction with others, and which a solitary person cannot manifest.

concept of ren: inadequately conveyed by "benevolence," that quality which is quintessentially human, which can only be cultivated through interaction with others, and which a solitary person cannot manifest.

welcomed the low-ranking Wolf 106 and her pups into the pack's den. Under Wolf 42's leadership, Wolf 106 blossomed. She became the finest hunter in the Druid Pack and eventually the leader of her own pack, the Geode Creek Pack, where she, too, instituted a benevolent reign.

It's amazing what a little money can do when it's spent on the right reason.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.'

We drink one another's health and spoil our own.

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by Himself, to be the most pure, benevolent and sublime which have ever been preached to man.

A man should make all he can, and give all he can.

The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

Ninja should have the benevolence to protect men of justice since there are lots of good and respectable people in the world.

About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.