Quotes About Kindness

Now, at a point when the entire world seems mired in violence and cynicism, when the Church is shrinking, the environment being poisoned, when good souls are giving up hope, when greed and bitterness seem to be gaining at the expense of kindness and compassion - now, I believe, we have been given a divine help.

I like that kind of thing. I like warmth and uncalled-for kindness, the small unnoticed generosities that speckle the meanness of the world.

Had he been sent to them like a kind of sun, pouring light into the world without asking for anything in return?

Simply by being your absolute, most genuine self in every interaction of every hour, you provide a great and rare service on this earth.

I have tried, I still try, to do what I can to ease the suffering on this earth, and I'm sure you do the same. The rest of it we have to allow to be, as painful as that is for us. We have to care for ourselves and our loved ones. We have to serve others to the extent we are able. And the rest of it we have to allow to be. It is awful, is it not, the human predicament? Awful and beautiful.

If Christ's message could be distilled down to one line, that line would have to do with kindness and inclusiveness, not rules and divisiveness.

if Christ's message could be distilled down to one line, that line would have to do with kindness and inclusiveness, not rules and divisiveness.

Love is not a thought, it is an action. And each loving action that we take infuses us with more energy for loving action in the future.

One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him.

Compassion gives us fresh perspective on what it means to be human, and helps us judge less harshly ourselves as well as the persons who impinge upon us.

Without compassion, freedom can be self-righteous, inhuman, self-centered, and cruel.

Bruno, someday you will die of kindness, tolerance and gentleness. Well, given the options, it isn't a bad way to go.

Small attentions make great friends.

J'ai jamais aimé faire de la peine aux gens, je suis philosophe.

You're nice. You aren't like the rest of them. I like you very much... — I've done nothing to deserve that. — One doesn't have to do anything to deserve that...

Madame Rosa voyait que les gens devenaient de plus en plus gentils avec elle et ce n'est jamais bon signe.

Tout ce que je veux dire, c'est que si les hommes cédaient toujours à ce qu'il y a en eux de plus humain, il y a longtemps qu'ils ne seraient plus des hommes.

Žinoma, galime toli nuklysti, bet juk negali r?pintis vien savimi pa?iu, taip visai sukvail?si. Galvodamas apie Kambodž? ir panašius dalykus, mažiau galvoji apie save pat?. Kai nepakankamai galvoji apie kitus, tada per daug galvoji apie save, <...>.

But she could feel that behind his words there was something nice and rather odd — kind people are often odd, she had explained to Saint-Denis, and she had added, rather mysteriously: it can't be otherwise.

I always had a strong reluctance to hurt people, which is always the best way of hurting oneself.

joined the circle and prayed with these men [homeless] who seemed on the outside to have nothing to give but had been giving, without our knowing it, the most precious gift of all: compassion.

was embarrassed that I once thought myself superior to him, stooping to sprinkle my wealth and wisdom into his lowly life.

Denver had taught me that to love a man enough to help him, you have to forfeit the warm, self-righteous glow that comes from judging.

Charley said, "Why don't everybody make up and be pleasant for once? Why don't we pass the evening like pleasant human beings?