Quotes About Kindness

Only love, and not reason, yields kind thoughts.

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.

If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon and please myself with, while my heart's breaking.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

The Almighty Lecturer, by displaying the principles of science in the structure of the universe, has invited man to study and to imitation. It is as if He has said to the inhabitants of this globe that we call ours, "I have made an earth for man to dwell upon, and I have rendered the starry heavens visible, to teach him science and the arts. He can now provide for his own comfort, and learn from my munificence to all to be kind to each other.

It is impossible to derive happiness from the company of those whom we deprive of happiness.

The world is my country, mankind are my friends, to do good is my religion.

For myself, I fully and conscientiously believe, that it is the will of the Almighty, that there should be diversity of religious opinions among us: It affords a larger field for our Christian kindness.

If nobody will be so kind as to become my foe, I shall need no more fleets nor armies, and shall be forced to reduce my taxes.

Love with your mouth shut, help without breaking your ass or publicizing it: keep cool, but care.

His laughter was an insulting bray; it crowded and pushed the air ahead of it. He said many true words about other men. I never heard him say a kind one.19

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

According to Paul, therefore, God is always and everywhere merciful, but we sometimes experience his mercy (or purifying love) as severity, judgment, punishment. When we live a life of obedience, we experience it as kindness; when we live a life of disobedience, we experience it as severity (see 11:22). Paul himself called this a mystery (11:25) and admitted that God's ways are, in just this respect, "inscrutable" and "unsearchable" (11:33),

I wish I could help," he murmured, with a turn to the Victrola handle. "We help one another by understanding one another: that is the only help there is.

We help one another by understanding one another. That is the only help there is. And the only hope as well.

His heart's in the right place, but his tongue's an affliction.

Here, now, Jack," she said in a kindly tone, "lay your head against the back of the chair—that's good, just so." She peered down

If God spares us as a father does his son, let us imitate God. It is natural for children to imitate their parents. Let us imitate God in this one thing: As God spares us, and passes by many failures, so let us be sparing in our censures of others; let us look upon the weaknesses and indiscretions of our brethren with...a more tender, compassionate eye. How much God bears with us!

It is not how much we do, but how much we love.

Every time we draw our breath we suck in mercy.

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

love 'thinketh no evil.' 1 Cor 13: 5. It puts the best interpretation upon another's words.

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

Grace makes the heart tender, it causes sympathy and charity. As it melts the heart in contrition towards God, so in compassion towards others.