Quotes About Kindness

Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

Be thou generous, and gentle, and forgiving; as God hath scattered upon thee, scatter thou upon others.

Dost thou desire that thine own heart should not suffer, redeem thou the sufferer from the bonds of misery.

Labour like a man, and be ready in doing kindnesses. He is a good-for-nothing fellow who eateth by the toil of another?s hand.

Were all thy fond endeavours vain To chase away the sufferer?s smart, Still hover near, lest absence pain His lonely heart.

?yilik demek kimseye kötülü?ü dokunmamak de?il, kötülük yapacak cevheri içinde ta??mamak demektir.

Dünyada hayat?n bir tek manas? varsa o da sevmektir.Hatta mukabele edilmesini bile beklemeden sadece sevmek.Ba?ka bir insan? bahtiyar edebilmek ,kendini bahtiyar edebilmekte daha güç fakat daha insancad?r.Bugün böyle dü?ünenlere saf hatta enayi derler.Fakat ne derlerse desinler ,biz kalbimizin ve kafam?z?n do?ru buldu?u ?eyleri etraf?n ne dedi?ine bakmadan yapmal?y?z.

Dünyada kendisi için hiçbir ?eyi olmayan insan?n bile ba?kalar?na yard?m edecek bir ?eyi vard?r.

Kendi kendime: "Ne yapabilirdim? Elimden ne gelirdi? Ben kimim ki?" diyor, fakat yine kendim: "Hiç olmazsa kaçmazd?n... Hiç olmazsa dinlerdin. Kim olursan ol... Dünyada kendisi için hiçbir ?eyi olmayan bir insan?n bile ba?kalar?na yard?m edecek bir ?eyi vard?r... Hiç olmazsa bir tek sözü..." diye cevap veriyordum.

Kim olursan ol... Dünyada kendisi için hiçbir ?eyi olmayan bir insan?n bile ba?kalar?na yard?m edecek bir ?eyi vard?r... Hiç olmazsa bir tek sözü...

Hele cümle âlem bu köpe?in onda biri kadar rahata kavu?sun, bak?n ben bir daha ac? ?eylerden söz açar m?y?m!

Nedense, hayatta bir müddet beraber yürüdü?ümüz insanlar?n ba??na bir felaket geldi?ini, herhangi bir s?k?nt?ya dü?tü?ünü görünce bu belalar? kendi ba??m?zdan savm?? gibi ferahl?k duyar ve o zavall?lara, sanki bize de gelebilecek belalar? kendi üstlerine çektikleri için, alaka ve merhamet göstermek isteriz.

Bütün iyili?ine ra?men ne kadar anlay??s?z..." dedi. Sonra yüksek sesle ilave etti "Mü?kül vaziyette kalan bir insan için böyle hükümler verilir mi? As?l iyilik tan?mad?klar?m?za yapt???m?z iyiliktir; halbuki biz bütün hüsnüniyetimizi dostlar?m?za saklay?p bunlar?n d???nda kalanlar? bir ç?rp?da ve k?sa bir hükümle fena addediyoruz!...

Ba?kas?na merhamet etmek, ondan daha kuvvetli oldu?umuzu zannetmektir ki, ne kendimiz bu kadar büyük, ne de ba?kalar?n? bizden daha zavall? görmeye hakk?m?z yoktur.

No one had ever told them they were worth saving, and they were taught to believe they were forever lost to a world of thievery, prostitution and murder. But it wasn't true. They were capable of more. She could tell from the way some of them helped each other, the way others sat down at once to begin sewing, the way Ann took aside one of the little boys and patiently showed him how to pick a pocket—

It's nice to be important, but it's also important to be nice. Never forget that.

Why do you need to be pleasant within? The answer is self-evident. When you are in a pleasant inner state, you are naturally pleasant to everyone and everything around you. No scripture or philosophy is needed to instruct you to be good to others. It is a natural outcome when you are feeling good within yourself. Inner pleasantness is a surefire insurance for the making of a peaceful society and a joyful world. Besides

But to be loving is simply this: a willingness to respond freely and openly.

Somehow in the name of divinity we have just lost our humanity. Don't talk about divinity, let your humanity overflow. When your humanity overflows, you will touch divinity, otherwise there is no way. It is simply empty talk; it doesn't get anybody anywhere.

When everybody was talking about going to heaven, Gautama the Buddha said, "You say everything is fine in heaven, so what will I do there? Let me go to hell and do something to help others, because anyway I cannot suffer.

It doesn't matter who I meet, I will never speak to them in a manner that I regret later, because this meeting could be my last.

Why do you need to be pleasant within? The answer is self-evident. When you are in a pleasant inner state, you are naturally pleasant to everyone

One day, I remember, a dirty glass of water was on a counter and Mr. Muhammad put a clean glass of water beside it. "You want to know how to spread my teachings?" he said, and he pointed to the glasses of water. "Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water," he said, "just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better.

Being cruel because you could only revealed your weakness. Compassion was always stronger.