Quotes About Kindness

His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.1 Emerson

In happy operating procedure, the breathing is like fresh air through the body. In unkind operating procedure, the fresh air is gone sad." Fresh air gone sad is a beautiful way to describe the death process.

Anonymity is the truest expression of altruism.

Little value comes out of the belief that people will respond progressively better by treating them progressively worse.

You earn the right to expect recognition by giving it! It's that simple.

No matter how noble the objective of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion - it is an evil government.

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out.

Ah, Peggy, and how should I know? All I do know is that ye'd be feeding all the stray dogs and waifs and tramps in the world if ye had your way.

we know how much we are allowing ourselves to experience the hesed of God based on how much we give it out to others.

Never to speak about a brother in his absence. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

But most extraordinary—and evidence to Mrs. Wilberforce of a "Great Change" indeed, though one she certainly welcomed—was a marked absence of that irritability and harsh temper he had sometimes displayed, especially toward her.

Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.

I maintain my inner beauty by trying to lead a balanced life in general. I try to eat healthy foods, but... that doesn't mean I won't treat myself now and then! I work out almost every day, which gives me more energy and helps me feel stronger. I also try to be a genuinely good person to the people around me.

I wanted to thank you again, for the other night." "No thanks necessary. Really." "And for the shoes. You know, for bringing them back to me." "I couldn't wear them," He paused a moment. "They didn't fit.

Erinnern das ist vielleicht die qualvollste Art des Vergessens und vielleicht die freundlichste Art der Linderung dieser Qual

If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut, and if you extend your hand to help another, not for any agenda, but for the sake of humanity, you are going to find the truth.

A murmur passed through the Clan, and Bluefur wondered if he'd overheard the elders talking about inviting Goosefeather to give up his duties and join them beneath the fallen tree. The old medicine cat was standing with his fur on end and his eyes mad, glaring at nothing. It seemed like it might be a kindness to set him free from his responsibilities and let his denmate take over.

With this life I give you compassion," Pinestar murmured. "Judge as much with your heart as with your mind.

Why couldn't he talk to her instead of trying to make her feel small?

When all cats have closed eyes, we gave the gift of sight to the cat who is blind. You see more than most.

Leafpool remembered how he had shown infinite patience with Brightheart after the she-cat had been attacked by the dogs, and needed to learn a whole

If mercy is power, then I have never been more powerful.

She's truly the best friend I've ever had, and I can never repay her.