Quotes About Kindness

Now anybody can be kind. And everybody's supposed to be. Except that long ago it was something you were born into and couldn't help. Now it's just a faked-up attitude half the time, like teachers the first day of class.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

In a world of stressful lack of control, an amazing source of control we all have is the ability to make the world a better place, one act at a time.

I was once at a conference of neuroscientists and all-star Buddhist monk meditators, the former studying what the brains of the latter did during meditation. One scientist asked one of the monks whether he ever stops meditating because his knees hurt from all that cross-leggedness. He answered, "Sometimes I'll stop sooner than I planned, but not because it hurts; it's not something I notice. It's as an act of kindness to my knees.

Testosterone makes us more willing to do what it takes to attain and maintain status. And the key point is what it takes. Engineer social circumstances right, and boosting testosterone levels during a challenge would make people compete like crazy to do the most acts of random kindness. In our world riddled with male violence, the problem isn't that testosterone can increase levels of aggression. The problem is the frequency with which we reward aggression.

Purpose to develop an agreeable spirit. I'm not suggesting that you have to agree with everything everyone says. I'm simply saying that you're not obligated to correct them! No one has appointed you Earth's guardian of truth and accuracy. One

Unser Leben] ist unüberwindlich verworren nur dann, wen man an sich denkt; aber in dem Augenblick, wo man nicht an sich denkt, sondern sich fragt, wie man einem anderen helfen könne, ist es sehr einfach.

The love that you give another is what knits the wounds of the world.

El dolor experimentado en mi vida me había hecho extremadamente sensible al sufrimiento de los demás, y hacía que me sintiese plenamente motivado a aliviarlo.

Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.

I don't care what he looks like, if he smiles and shares his food then he's human by me.

Whenever I feel that people aren't smiling at me, I simply begin smiling and saying hello. Like magic, the next thing I know I'm surrounded by smiling people. It is true that your world is only a mirror of you. So

You only need to be generous with what you have.

To be truly rich, we need to be able to give as well as to receive.

Whenever you feel short or in need of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, or friendship.

Whenever you feel 'short' or in 'need' of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want

Whenever you feel short or in need of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets.

It reminds me of the story of the guy sitting with firewood in his arms on a cold, freezing night. He is yelling at the pot-bellied stove, "When you give me some heat, then I'll put some wood in you!" And when it comes to money, love, happiness, sales, and contacts, all one needs to remember is to give first.

If you want something, you first need to give

And when it comes to money, love, happiness, sales, and contacts, all one needs to remember is to give first.

En cuanto me des algo de calor, te arrojaré algo de leña!" Así pues, en lo que se refiere a dinero, amor, felicidad, ventas y contactos, lo único que hay que hacer es dar antes de recibir.

you want something, you first need to give

If we have friends we should look only for the best in them and give them the best that is in us...

My pen shall heal, not hurt.