Quotes About Benevolence

May all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the root of happiness. May we be free from suffering and the root of suffering. May we not be separated from the great happiness devoid of suffering. May we dwell in the great equanimity free from passion, aggression, and prejudice.

To make things as easy as possible to under stand, we can summarize the four boundless qualities in the single phrase "a kind heart." Just train yourself to have a kind heart always and in all situations. —PATRUL RINPOCHE

The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others.

They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness.

The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.

The Master said, I set my heart on the Way, base myself on virtue, lean upon benevolence for support and take my recreation in the arts.

Just once how I'd like to see the headline say, not much to print today, can't find anything bad to say.

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

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There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word… An acorn costs nothing; but it may sprout into a prodigious bit of timber.

Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee...

Thus strife and anger beget war, avarice stifles benevolence, envy produces hate. But friendship overcoming all these difficulties, finds out the virtuous, and unites them together. For

Things of the spirit differ from things material in that the more you give the more you have.

True self-respect, according to Mencius, is based on the vales of benevolence, dutifulness, conscientiousness, truthfulness, and delight in what is good. Bravery, in Chinese philosophy, is the quality that allows people to pursue those values, hold steadfast to them in times when they are challenged, and remain true to them when faced with conventional social ideals that conflict with full human excellence.

For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.

Animal life boils down to this pursuit of pleasure after all. Human life is more complex: it boils down to the pursuit of pleasure, to fear of it, and above all to the dissatisfaction of the time in between. What I'm saying is a little simplistic, but it doesn't matter for now. Do you understand? All yearning is pursuit of pleasure. All remorse, pity, benevolence, is fear of it. All despair and seeking alternative routes are dissatisfaction. There you have it in a nutshell, if you wish.

But he surrenders to it voluptuously, benevolently observing his confused desire to breathe frequently, deeply, to bare himself in the sun, to take the girl's hand.

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things are done for you.

Doing things for others always pays dividends...

Applaud yourself when you do good each day. You don't get rewarded for every single penny that you share for others, but these pennies when collected can weigh more than the actual weight of 2.5 billion people.

People of the world will be thankful for what you have done today. You just did!

The poverty of the incapable, the distresses that come upon the imprudent, the starvation of the idle, and those shoulderings aside of the weak by the strong, which leave so many "in shallows and in miseries," are the decrees of a large, farseeing benevolence.