Quotes About Kindness

Kindness can turn the bad man's heart, and fools convert to wise, Make poison into nectar-juice, and friends of enemies.

The sun opens the lotuses; the moon illuminates the beds of water-lilies; the cloud pours forth its water unasked: even so the liberal of their own accord are occupied in benefiting others.

Low-minded men are occupied solely with their own affairs, but noble-minded men take special interest in the affairs of others. The submarine fire drinks up the ocean, to fill its insatiable interior; the rain-cloud, that it may relieve the drought of the earth, burnt up by the hot season.

The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest to all; he does not forsake one in adversity; he gives in season: such are the marks of a worthy friend.

The sun opens the lotuses, the moon illumines the beds of water-lilies, the cloud pours forth its water unasked: even so the liberal of their own accord are occupied in benefiting others.

When you plant seeds in the garden, you don't dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they're ready.

A good person can make another person good it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society other persons will also be good.

It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.

A mild answer calms wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

In my old age I've come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself.

I have come to believe that kindness is repaid in unexpected ways and that if you are lonely or bone-tired or blue, you need only come down from your perch and step outside. New York—which is to say, New Yorkers—will take care of you.

I cannot take a subway without marveling at the lottery logic that brings together a random sampling of humanity for one minute or two, testing us for kindness and compatibility. Is that not what civility is?

everything. It requires a certain kind of unconditional love to love living here. But New York repays you in time in memorable encounters, at the very least. Just remember: Ask first, don't grab, be fair, say please and thank you, always say thank you—even if you don't get something back right away. You will.