Quotes About Benevolence

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

Our friendships are precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part is sunshine.

People in general know not what wickedness there is in this pretended word of God. Brought up in habits of superstition, they take it for granted that the Bible is true, and that it is good; they permit themselves not to doubt of it , and they carry the ideas they form of the benevolence of the Almighty to the book which they have been taught to believe was written by his authority. Good heavens! it is quite another thing, it is a book of lies, wickedness, and blasphemy.

Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

Love studies not to be scanty in its measures, but how to abound and overflow with benefits. He that pinches and studieth to spare is a pitiful lover, unless it be for other's sakes Love studieth to be pleasing, magnificent and noble, and would in all things be glorious and divine unto its object. Its whole being is to its object, and its whole felicity in its object, and it hath no other thing to take care for. It doth good to its own soul while it doth good for another.

The more helpful we are to others, the more like we are to God.

Those who are patterns of mercy should be trumpets of praise.

Benefiting other sentient beings doesn't mean causing them only temporary physical and mental happiness in this life.

May the sufferings of all sentient beings and those sufferings' causes ripen upon me, and may my own self be subdued and annihilated. May my virtues ripen on all sentient beings, and may they become endowed with happiness.

Alternatively, you can recite the following when no one is around: "May the sufferings of all sentient beings and those sufferings' causes ripen upon me, and may my own self be subdued and annihilated. May my virtues ripen on all sentient beings, and may they become endowed with happiness." From the depth of your bones, cultivate the thought "O my dear mother, my dear brother [and sister] sentient beings!

British Empire had demonstrated that there was no greater blind spot on its map of benevolence than the conquered land closest to home.

It's a strange principle but it's true, nevertheless, that those who give the most have the most of whatever they give.

Hay 3 clases de amistad: por interés o utilidad, por placer y la amistad perfecta, la de los hombres de bien y semejantes en virtud, porque éstos se desean igualmente el bien.

Birisini çok çok seversek, onun için en k?ymetli ÅŸeyimizi verirsek, ondan bize bir kötülük gelmeyeceÄŸini biliriz. Kurban budur.

It is only the generous giver who gets much.

freely ye have received, freely give.

You make her sound—what?—mentally deficient?" "Yes. She was incapable of holding on to malice. A serious defect.

He wasn't telling her what the gods were, he was telling her what goodness was. To want other people to grow. To want other people to have all the good things that you have. And to spare them the bad things if you can. That was goodness.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

Aspire to the principal, behave with virtue, abide by benevolence, and immerse yourself in the arts.