Quotes About Kindness

The way you treat others determines the way others treat you; the way others treat you determines the way you see yourself; the way you see yourself determines who you are.

Learn to greet your friends with a smile. They carry too many frowns in their own hearts to be bothered with yours. –MARY ALLETTE AYER

Harmlessness is the only religion. Jain maxim

To change. May it be quick and merciful.

People," she continued, as one spelling out basic truths, "help their friends. That's what holds it all together. If people didn't help their friends, then everything would fall apart. I'm in favor of holding things together, so I help my friends.

The class laughed. I can tell the difference between people making fun of us and people being nice to us.

I have learned to be patient with people. Once again I point to Rose's computer and then to the words me too.

Why are some people mean and some people nice?" "I don't rightly know...But my job is to teach all of you to be the best people you can be...

I look at my friends [in H5] thru different eyes...Not one of them even knows how to be mean.

and anyways this boy knows what's what, he can look deep into his own heart and tell you the nature of the human - kindness, courtesy, force.

Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.

We don't need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

The debt of friendship is never collected," he interrupted. "And nothing is ever owed.

He is so kind that he makes me search my soul to find new ways to be compassionate to others.

Share any item you would like to keep all to yourself. If you have any item you would not want to share, then sharing it with someone who would appreciate it is usually a true act of kindness. And not a small one either! I have a few of those types of things I want to hoard: they usually involve sugar. Apparently, I'm not alone.

carrying out kindness means doing a small act of generosity for someone else; overcoming our tendency to be selfish, inattentive, busy, impatient, or focused on our own needs; and doing it without expecting appreciation or anything in return.

You are not rejecting a person if you reject his words. You get to receive the person with kindness and compassion and treat him as a human being. If someone gets offended and feels rejected just because you rejected his words, then stay away from him, because he has unhealthy heart boundaries that cause him to use prophecy to control or manipulate the people around him.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor, for it is not he that you wrong: You wrong yourself.

Those who can't help themselves should be assisted to do so. Those who can help themselves should be assisted to additionally help others.

Friends change toward the ill person, some revealed in their strange and beautiful kindness and some exposed in their utter, ugly selfishness.