Quotes About Kindness

Why should those of whom one is fondest have to suffer the most, and why is it that one can never do anything for them?

But the good sister received them most kindly, and promised to take care of them and give them all they wanted. And then they did indeed repent and feel sorry for having treated her so badly in their youthful days.

If you take a handful of salt and pour it into a small bowl of water, the water in the bowl will be too salty to drink. But if you pour the same amount of salt into a large river, people will still be able to drink the river's water. If your heart is small, one unjust word or act will make you suffer. But if your heart is large, if you have understanding and compassion, that word or deed will not have the power to make you suffer.

What is love? Love is treating your heart with a great deal of tenderness, with understanding, love, and compassion. If you cannot treat your own heart this way, how can you treat your partner with understanding and love?

The object of your practice should first of all be yourself. Your love for the other, your ability to love another person, depends on your ability to love yourself.

I began to enjoy my own generosity; I felt the pleasure of pleasing others, especially as this was accompanied by money-power. I was paying for them; they were grateful, they had to be; and they could no longer see me as a failure.

And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language. — Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy (Scribner, 1999)

NIkad se nisam zamajavao nacelima vernosti ili okovima tradicionalnog. Cestitost je patolosko nasilje a dobrota prepreka.

the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible

Early in the morning, a peasant, who was passing by, saw what had happened. He broke the ice in pieces with his wooden shoe, and carried the duckling home to his wife. The warmth revived the poor

Someone is always worse off than you. That never seemed like much comfort.

How is Ed?" "He's good." She smiled warmly. "He's a nice man." "Yeah," Loren said, "a prince." "I've known him a long time.

Normally I would ask for a taste," he said. "But you need it more than I do. You deserve another chance, and this world doesn't like to give that to people anymore, so if you need anything else from me, you let me know, okay?" She felt tears come to her eyes. "You're the best, Tim." "I know, right? Talk soon.

I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Nothing is so healing as the human touch.

A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn.

I am definitely a person who firmly believes in the human touch and in the importance of people.

I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever.

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.

You feel touched and honored and alive when you give to someone.

I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.