Quotes About Kindness

Eudemonia, on the other hand, is the happiness we get from what we give to the world.

the more we keep giving, the more profound our sense of well-being.

Every time we do something nice for someone else, even if it is a routine thing they expect, we can do so with the thought 'By this act of love, or of giving happiness, may I attain enlightenment to liberate all living beings.' Every time we practice generosity, whether it is making a donation or nursing a cat, we can think the same thing.

mind that is peaceful, gentle and benevolent will only produce positive outcomes.

In Buddhism, we define love as the wish to give happiness to others.

Without question, the most important practice is bodhichitta. The wish to attain enlightenment to lead all living beings to that same state... This mind of enlightenment is based on pure, great compassion, which in turn is based on pure, great love. In each case pure means impartial. Without conditions. And great means benefiting all living beings, not just the small group of those we happen to like at the moment.

The sense of profound wellbeing that comes from what you give, rather than from what you receive.

May all beings have happiness and the true causes of happiness;

May all beings be free from suffering and the true causes of suffering;

bodhichitta." "The wish to attain enlightenment in order to lead all living beings to that same state,

love and compassion—the true causes of happiness.

You don't need any special ability to care for the well-being of others. Anyone can practise generosity, giving support to those around us.

Compassion is the wish to relieve beings of suffering.

we define love as 'the wish to give happiness to others.' If we practice love, then compassion arises quite naturally, for it is 'the wish to free others from suffering.

doing small acts with great love is our most precious gift, and not only for those we are helping. It is a wonderful paradox that when we help others, we, ourselves, are the first to benefit.

He is a very special person, you know." I did know, because he always made sure my milk was warm—but not too hot—before giving it to me.

even small acts of generosity, especially when motivated by the best intention, can become causes for much greater wealth in the future.

May my every action of body, speech, and mind today be a cause for me to become enlightened, so that I may help all other beings attain this same state.

May this act of generosity be a cause for me to become enlightened, so that I may help all other beings attain this same state.

As long as we kept on practicing loving kindness and creating the grounds for positive future outcomes, we need have no fear of what might arise.

Having money means more opportunity to practice generosity," he agrees. "Which is the true cause of wealth.

It is said that each one of us has been a mother to every other living being, at some time in the past," he gazed at me with open-hearted benevolence. "Imagine, little Snow Lion, if we could all feel that connection, as if it were real?

Being a decent human being will require effort and energy…

Be good. Do something good.