Quotes About Kindness

The essence of the Torah is the command: Do not do unto others as you should not want them to do unto you—the rest is commentary. Go and study.

in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

Er steckte den Zwanzigmarkschein ein. Jetzt saß die Mutter im Zug, und bald musste sie den anderen Zwanzigmarkschein finden, den er ihr in die Handtasche gelegt hatte. Mathematisch gesehen war das Ergebnis gleich Null. Denn nun besaßen beide dieselbe Summe wie vorher. Aber gute Taten lassen sich nicht stornieren. Die moralische Gleichung verläuft anders als die arithmetische.

Es gibt nichts Gutes außer: Man tut es. There is nothing good unless you do it.

Das Leben ist ernst und schwer. Und wenn die Menschen, denen es gut geht, den anderen, denen es schlecht geht, nicht aus freien Stücken helfen wollen, wird es noch mal ein schlimmes Ende nehmen.

We all feed on one another. Such occasional little sparks of kindliness—that's something one shouldn't allow to be taken away. It strengthens one for a difficult life.

Laikam gan katrs k?dam bija labs cilv?ks. Un k?dam tieši pret?ji.

There are no heroes here, at least not of the Schindler's List variety, but there are glimmers of heroism and people who behave with unexpected grace.

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It is," she wrote, "an unfortunate trait in the human character to assail or asperse others engaged in the performance of humanitarian acts.

Everybody offers to buy one a drink; but nobody ever dreams of buying one a sandwich.

I wanted to be a good person, compassionate, regardless of what was said or done to me. That was the standard I held for myself, the way I'd managed to survive all those years. I wouldn't give in to hatred. "I

You can't have understanding without empathy, and you can't have empathy without losing money.

A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.

Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can't see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

You've such a lovely temperature.

For what are we born if not to aid one another?

She is kind and very beautiful. But she can be so cruel and it comes so suddenly and such birds that fly, dipping and hunting, with their small sad voices are made too delicately for the sea.

She is kind and very beautiful. But she can be so cruel and it comes so suddenly

Love is the wanting to do things for.

He was a nice boy, a friendly boy, and very shy, and it made him bitter.

You bought me a beer," the old man said. "You are already a man.

For what are we born if not to aid one another? And to listen and say nothing is a cold enough aid.