Quotes About Kindness

I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. This lesson I have tried to carry with me ever since.

great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

Assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong.

God has no need of cold people.

I was of the opinion that a good heart was not money in the bank. You couldn't buy a bowl of rice with sympathy, I used to say. But two baht worth of rice with love at the supper table is a feast, and I know, because we starved on roast pork.

Whatever we possess becomes of double value When we have the opportunity of sharing it with others.

We should be sure, when we rebuke a want of charity, to do it with charity.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.

Kindness: A language which the dumb can speak, and the deaf can understand.

We absolve a friend from gratitude when we remind him of a favor.

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.

There is a worldwide longing for civility.

one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever.

Jeff, one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind that clever

Jeff, one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever

It has always seemed strange to me…. The things we admire in men—kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding, and feeling—are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest—sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism, and self-interest—are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first, they love the produce of the second." —John Steinbeck, Cannery Row

We get mad at someone for cutting us off in traffic or for taking too long to order at Starbucks or for not responding exactly as we see fit, and we have no idea that behind their facade, they may be dealing with some industrial-strength shit. Their lives may be in pieces. They may be in the midst of incalculable tragedy and turmoil, and they may be hanging on to their sanity by a thread. But

He asks me about that, about how a man who could have done such evil could also be kind. I try to explain to him that human beings are more complex than we know, but of course, I don't really have an answer.

hatred consumes the heart and leaves little room for love or laughter.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?