Quotes About Kindness

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect humankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Certainty. Life's last and kindest gift.

He was down and out, the Catholics took him in, and before he knew it, he had faith. So it was gratitude that decided the issue, most likely. Human decisions are terribly simple.

I am obedient. I can never say no to those weaker than myself. And because I am six feet two and can lift a two-hundred-pound sack with one hand, in all my life I have yet to find anyone I can resist.

La verdadera prueba de la moralidad de la humanidad, la más honda (situada a tal profundidad que escapa a nuestra percepción), radica en su relación con aquellos que están a su merced: los animales

Stvarna dobrota ?ovjeka može se pokazati u svoj svojoj ?isto?i i slobodi samo u odnosu prema nekome tko ne posjeduje nikakvu mo?. Pravi ispit ljudskog morala, onaj osnovni (iskren tako duboko da izmi?e našem pogledu) jest u odnosu ?ovjeka prema onima koji su mu prepušteni na milost i nemilost - prema životinjama. A baš je tu došlo do fundamentalnog debakla ?ovjeka, u toj mjeri elementarnog da su iz njega proizašli svi ostali.

punishing people who don't know what they've done is barbaric forgive them for know not what they do

To love someone out of compassion means not really to love.

When he was still living in Bohemia and would run into people who had known him earlier, he was always surprised to find that they considered him a fairly courageous person (he thought himself cowardly), with a caustic wit (he considered himself a bore) and a kind heart (he remembered only his stinginess).

His kindness tore at her heartstrings...

in languages that derive from Latin compassion means: we cannot look on coolly as others suffer; or, we sympathize with those who suffer

A verdadeira bondade do homem só pode manifestar-se em toda a sua pureza e em toda a sua liberdade com aqueles que não representam força nenhuma. O verdadeira teste moral da humanidade são as suas relações com quem se encontra à sua mercê: isto é, com os animais.

A verdadeira bondade do homem só pode se manifestar com toda a pureza e com toda a liberdade em relação àqueles que não representam nenhuma força. O verdadeiro teste moral da humanidade (o mais radical, situado num nível tão profundo que escapa a nosso olhar) são as relações com aqueles que estão à nossa mercê: os animais.

Querer a alguien por compasion significa no quererlo de verdad.... tener compasion significa saber vivir con otro su desgracia, pero tambien sentir con el cualquier otro sentimiento: alegria, angustia, felicidad, dolor.

La verdadera prueba de la moralidad de la humanidad, la más honda, radica en su relación con aquellos que están a su merced: los animales

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La veritable prova de la humanitat, l'essencial [...], són les seves relacions amb els qui estan a la seva mercè: els animals.

You should be a pleasing personality. Instead of thinking about how you should be pleased, I don't like this, I don't do like that, instead of, what have I done to please others?

What you have to get is a ocean of love within your heart and to seek that in others also.

But the quality of human beings is only one - and that is how much they love and forgive.

If you are extremely generous, greed will run away.

Tom: If you love with kindness, even when you can't love with permanence, you'll deserve the one who's worthy along that path for you.

I can love the people who hold false opinions but I don't have to be nice to them.

As always, I appreciate all the love and support people have sent and continue to send my way.