Quotes About Kindness

To give support should be commonplace in our society, not to be asked for.

But, children, you should never letSuch angry passions rise;Your little hands were never madeTo tear each other's eyes.

We only have what we give.

The secret is treating family like guests and guests like family,

Give of yourself, not yourself.

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love --to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.

A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum.

Sometimes, honesty really wasn't the best policy. Or, at least, it wasn't the kindest policy.

Strength without compassion is soulless and cruel. Weakness, too, has its place, for it brings understanding.

So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world.

Someone else's material needs are my spiritual responsibility.

Don't kill!... The fly is asking you To save his life By rubbing his hands together

A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.

Thou shalt not let the world make you hard

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

What a brave man she was, and what a good woman.

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.

Neither rites nor rituals, neither creed nor ceremonies are needed to improve the condition of the world. All that is needed is love for one another.

Even the most dreaded of poisonous snakes is a kindly disposed fellow at heart.

When life gives you lemons, please, just don't squirt them in other people's eyes.

In another letter he says: "A man may be constitutionally meek as the lamb, constitutionally kind as the spaniel, constitutionally cheerful as the lark, and constitutionally modest as the owl; but these things are not sanctification. No sweet, humble, heavenly tempers, no sanctifying graces, are found but from the cross.

Don't bury it, use it. Don't keep it in, give it away. Don't turn that love in, turn that love out.

What we need to make a more decent society is not a few Splendid Samaritans but millions of Minimally Decent Samaritans.

There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.