Quotes About Kindness

May I accept upon myself the defeat / And offer to others the victory"—Chekawa

We also need to remind ourselves of a basic truth about close relationships: Sharp and painful exchanges occur because we care for each other and feel safe enough to let down our guard. As long as both sides keep sight of this truth, kindness will remain at the core of the relationship.

Do not speak of the defects [of others]. This states that you should never speak of others' defects—neither their worldly defects, for instance by calling them "That blind person," [70] nor their spiritual defects, for instance by calling them "That morally degenerate person.

Thupten Jinpa

Whatever tasks befall you, do not engage in malicious jokes that tear at others' hearts or cause them to lose their composure. Regardless of their culpability, avoid insulting and speaking harshly to others—whether close or distant, good or bad.

la compasión nos permite abrirnos a la realidad del sufrimiento y buscar su alivio.

Do not be ill-tempered, regardless of how others treat you.

If you do not thoroughly exchange Your own happiness with others' suffering, You will not become a buddha. Even in samsara there will be no happiness.178

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.

If you listen hard enough, you can tell what a person needs from you. And if you give them what they need, you've got a friend for life.

Listen. Caring about things doesn't make you soft. It makes you alive.

Listen, caring about things don't make you soft. It makes you alive.

I was taught at a tender age that Bullying had nothing to do with me; instead it had everything to do with the heartache of the person doing the bullying.

A blessing is a gift.

Without fanfare or ceremony, Laura Mae Corrigan began funneling all her money—an average of two thousand dollars a month—into her charity for wounded French soldiers. She would earn among those veterans the title of the "American Angel.

We were not made to look inward for self-realization, but to look outwards in love. I

This is how editor R. J. K. Law restates it: "The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him, is not to believe that he loves you.

Owen said, "You can no way more trouble or burden the Father, than by your unkindness in not believing in his love".

He loved his family and fellow man, never raised his voice or fists, and was rewarded with a lifelong, routine digestion of small doses of humiliation.

Almighty Father, please stop making jerks. Amen...Break!

Love is a journey that requires patience, kindness, and understanding. It's not always easy, but it's always worth it.

The greatest happiness in life is the feeling of being loved, and the greatest gift we can give is to love others in return.

Taking the high road is always the best way to go. You feel better about yourself, and the world feels better about you.

You need somebody just to say, 'Hey, I'm here for you. Do you need anything?' If you can get somebody like that, you can make it, no question about it. You can make it.