Quotes About Kindness

You, of all people, deserve a happy ending. Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter. You aren't cold. You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay. If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an istant. And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry. -Rachel to Julia

Speech that compliments is, by definition, free from derision, which clouds the mind with enemies and makes it tense. Kind speech makes the mind feel safe and also glad. [p.74]

Hatred will never cease by hatred, Only love will erase hatred, This is the eternal law.

He did not confuse compassion with passivity.

The first is about spiritual living. I think it's plain. Ordinary people do it, and they don't even know they are doing it. In the middle of plain lives, with regular joys and griefs, they live with grace and kindness and are happy.

And here is the eternal wisdom: There are always challenges. You plan for one thing, and something else often happens. The long view—is this a desirable thing or an undesirable thing?—is rarely immediately apparent. Immediate emotional responses are just that. Noticing them, and reflecting, is always a good idea. And the cause of suffering—always—is struggling with challenge rather than responding with sound judgment and kindness.

God is Love, my friends- nothing more, nothing less.

My dear grandmother (who was a psychic in her own right and very well known in Kansas City, Missouri) used to say if you find someone who doesn't like animals, children, or music . . . run.

After all, every man will climb if he can, and not many of them continue so kind to old acquaintances.

The Chinese philosopher Mencius believed that man is innately good. He argued that anyone who saw a child falling into a well would immediately feel shock and alarm, and that this impulse, this universal capacity for commiseration, was proof positive that man is inherently good.

this world you live in...might feel unkind, but the world is bigger than this. It won't be like this forever. If you can just survive this, someday I promise you will be appreciated. And happy. And loved.

you can't be ruined by things that others do to you but only by what you do to others.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Compassion for others is a mark of wisdom.

Anyone who takes the time to be kind is beautiful.

In fact, knowing she'd been through hardship filled me with sweet tenderness.

Perhaps it wasn't so important to understand after all. Perhaps what was most important was to care.

All a good letter has to do is make you feel special.

The strong are always kind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson explains, "It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Our behavior toward others is often a reflection of our treatment of ourselves.

Don't judge a home by its appearance, but by the warmth of its welcome.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.