Quotes About Kindness

If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink.

The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Keep trying. Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less.

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! the flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.

If of thy mortal goods thoU art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.

Stretch out your hand! Let no human soul wait for a benediction.

I tell you, there is no such thing as creative hate!

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice; and be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven you.

He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.

An amiable weakness.

A sympathetic friend can be quite dear as a brother.

When we hurt each other we should write it down in the sand, so the winds of forgiveness can make it go away for good. When we help each other we should chisel it in stone, lest we never forget the love of a friend.

If you have a friend worth loving, Love him. Yes, and let him know That you love him, ere life's evening Tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should good words ne'er be said Of a friend till he is dead?

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

A friend must not be injured, even in jest.

Tis the human touch in the world that counts-the touch of your hand and mine-Which means far more to the sinking heart than shelter or bread or wine For shelter is gone when the night is o'er, and bread lasts only a day But the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice Live on in the soul always.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of getting out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.

There is nothing we like to see so much as the gleam of pleasure in a person's eye when he feels that we have sympathized with him, understood him, interested ourself in his welfare. At these moments something fine and spiritual passes between two friends. These moments are the moments worth living.