Quotes on Kindness And Compassion

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

A good character is the best tombstone.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Like a cube of ice, anger cannot be eliminated by applying force, only by applying warmth, compassion and kindness.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

In Asian languages, the word for mind and the word for heart are same. So if you’re not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you’re not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.