Quotes About Kindness

As ??ntideva puts it in the Bodhicary?vat?ra: When both myself and others Are similar in that we wish to be happy, What is so special about me? Why do I strive for my happiness alone? And when both myself and others Are similar in that we do not wish to suffer, What is so special about me? Why do I protect myself and not others?

We do teach our kids the golden rule - Do as you would be done by.

If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.

It's strange the times people choose to be generous.

I really do love my sister. Especially when she's nice.

Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are admistered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.

There are other people who have it a lot worse

Never mistake being nice for being weak.

Love always, Charlie

You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't.

Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable. I just want you to know that you're very special... and the only reason I'm telling you is that I don't know if anyone else ever has

I decided then that when I met someone I thought was as beautiful as the song, I should give it to that person. And I didn't mean beautiful on the outside. I meant beautiful in all ways.

It's strange the times people choose to be generous.

Un abrazo, una sonrisa, una palabra amable: todos tienen un potencial de cambiar una vida por completo

My dad kept giving me love pats. Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are administered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.

I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. I really do

I was hoping that the kid who told the truth could become a friend of mine, but I think he was just being a good guy by telling.

Du bist nicht deshalb mächtig, weil du stark bist, Christopher. Du bist mächtig, weil du gut bist.

I guess when you see someone in the hallway or on the field or something, it's nice to know that they are a real person.

And that was that. Bill didn't try to make sure that I would see him next year if I needed anything. He didn't ask me why I was crying. He just let me hear what he had to say in my own way and let things be. That was probably the best part.

I just reminded myself that she didn't say it mean. She wasn't making fun of me. She wasn't comparing. Or criticizing.

It's enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.

It is, I know, for I have experienced it perhaps twice in my life, an awful privilege to be too much loved and perhaps the kindest thing I ever did in my life was never to let Matthew know to what degree he had destroyed my peace and my happiness.

I suppose people were trying to be kind and protect me from the humiliation of discovering that, even after an operation to straighten my ridiculous nose, I would still look a mess. The trauma of finding out that a straight-nosed Stephen looked every bit as unappetising as a bent-nosed Stephen might have tipped me completely over the edge.