Quotes About Kindness

Therefore, if it really be that you have no genuine love for doing good, do good by forcing yourself to do so.

For the rest, he was large and good-natured, and had a habit of amusing himself with occasional spells of knitting.

Hey pals We need the love.

We can only share what we have at hand already.

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To preserve openness of heart and calmness of mind, nurture these attitudes: Kindness to those who are happy Compassion for those who are less fortunate Honor for those who embody noble qualities Equanimity to those whose actions oppose your values

Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans

An elderly black man stepped forward and prayed aloud for Lincoln's safety. Much to Coffin's surprise, the President "lifted his own hat from his head and bowed to the old man."24

It's hard to be sad when you're being useful. And he liked that idea. That service to others brought happiness.

Give, they told the world, don't take. They knew what we didn't. That it is impossible to be useful and sad.

We commit to the daily disciplined practices of meditation, yoga, exercise, wise actions, kindness, forgiveness, generosity, compassion, appreciation, and moment-to-moment mindfulness of feelings, emotions, thoughts, and sensations. We are developing the skillful means of knowing how to apply the appropriate meditation or action to the given circumstance.

The more I practiced kindness and humility, the more the world seemed to appear friendly and manageable.

A good basic guideline for our speech (in relation to Ethical Conduct) is to reflect whether what we are saying is both true and useful. There may be times when we are honest in what we say, but our words are too brutal or harsh. And there may be other times when we are deliberately being kind with the words we choose, but what we are saying is not totally true.

A good basic guideline for our speech is to reflect on whether what we are saying is both true and useful. There may be times when we are honest in what we say, but our words are too brutal or harsh. And there may be other times when we are deliberately being kind with the words we choose, but what we are saying is not totally true.

Mindfulness is defined as nonjudgmental, investigative, kind, and responsive awareness. This sort of awareness takes intentional training of the mind.

And that's no way to treat folks who are trying to find a little heaven after catching hell all week long.

People will forget who you are, what you said, but never how you made them feel

Let us say to the people not 'How much have you got?' but 'How can we serve you?

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it withing his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

Real empathy requires that we develop the capacity to put our own concerns aside long enough to notice what someone else is going through internally, without reference to ourselves.

Compassion is sympathy for others specifically in the case of their suffering. Although it is uncomfortable, we are willing to feel the suffering of others and to do something about it when we can,

Sympathy, on the other hand, is empathy plus caring. When we're sympathetic to others, we want them to be happy and well, we don't want them to be upset or unhappy. We actually care about them. Compassion is sympathy for others specifically in the case of their suffering.

No one achieves wealth and power exclusively through his or her own efforts. You can pull yourself up by your bootstraps, but someone gave you the boots.