Quotes About Kindness

But during the many happy hours that Cadpig was to sit watching it in the warm kitchen she never liked it quite so much as that other television, that still silent television she had seen on Christmas Eve when the puppies had rested so peacefully in that strange lofty building. She often remembered that building and wondered who owned it. Someone very kind she was sure for in front of every one of the many seats there had been a little carpet-eared puppy-sized dog-bed.

Oh I daresay she can't help it - she's one of the women who oughn't be loved too kindly when they are some primitive desire for brutality makes them try to provoke it.

It can't be immoral to love anyone -- as long as one doesn't hurt anyone by it.

rich old gentleman who lived at Scoatney Hall, five miles away, always sent us a ham at Christmas whether we paid the rent or not. He died last November and we have sadly missed the ham.

miserable people cannot afford to dislike each other. Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.

Doing things for others gives you a lovely glow. So does port, I said cynically.

Was he again -- I had never forgotten that overheard phrase of Eve's -- being kind to be cruel? I only knew I had been given back enough to live on. And dimly, dimly, I began to see a new Last Act to crown my play.

That evening of the row was our lowest depths; miserable people cannot afford to dislike each other. Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.

It was amazing how often kind-looking people turned out to be crazy. He wondered gravely whether things had reached such bad state that only crazy people attempted commonplace acts of kindness, that the crazy and the kind were one and the same.

If we live every day, whether at home or away, with kindness, if we approach the world with a sense of wonder and curiosity and appreciation, if we encounter others with respect and openness, if we see our human differences as enriching rather than threatening, we will go a long way toward creating a world graced, interlaced, with peace and opportunity.

People ought never be defined by their worst day.

We believe in letting our light shine, but not shining it in the eyes of other people.

I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it.

It is no coincidence that Jesus talks endlessly about love. Free love. Unconditional love.

Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they are candidates for sympathy, not just charity. It was not that I wanted to buy her groceries, the government was already doing that. I wanted to buy her dignity. And yet, by judging her, I was the one taking her dignity away.

If we hear, in our inner ear, a voice saying we are failures, we are losers, we will never amount to anything, this is the voice of Satan trying to convince the bride that the groom does not love her. This is not the voice of God. God woos us with kindness. He changes out of character with the passion of his love.

Almost without exception the most beautiful, selfless people I've met are ones who've experienced personal tragedy.

I heard once that real love doesn't ask what is in it for me; it just gives unconditionally. It just tries to take the weight out of somebody else's pack, lessen his load, and if it gets reciprocated, that's great, but that isn't what you did it for.

It's a phone call in the morning to pray about our day, a text-message to say I'm thinking of her, a handwritten note, a postcard when I'm out of town on business, remembering what drink she likes when we're at a bar, asking follow-up questions about her friends, and not hiding behind humor when it's time for a serious conversation.

THE LAST THING I LEARNED ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS by swimming in the pond was there are more lifeguards than sharks. What I mean is, for the most part, other people aren't out to get us.

It's one thing to impress people, but it's another to love them.

I learned that true love turns the other cheek, does not take a wrong into account, loves all people regardless of their indifference or hostility.

El deseo innato de ser generoso. Ninguno de los deseos que he mencionado es malo. También es verdad que todos pueden potencialmente llevarse demasiado lejos, pero el hecho es que estamos diseñados para sobrevivir. Ahora bien, debiera consolarnos saber que la mayoría de los seres humanos tenemos un potencial tremendo para la generosidad.

Love can't be earned, it can only be given.