Quotes on Kindness

Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We achieve happiness, prosperity and progress through social interaction. Therefore, having a kind and helpful attitude contributes to our own and others' happiness.

I don't accept subtractive models of love, only additive ones. And I believe that in the same way we need species diversity to ensure that the planet can go on, so we need this diversity of affection and diversity of family in order to strengthen the ecosphere of kindness.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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.

My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God’s kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord has done.

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

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.

Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.

My religion is kindness. _x000D_ A good mind, a good heart, _x000D_ warm feelings these are _x000D_ the most important things.

But what if I should discover that the least amongst them all, the poorest of all beggars, the most impudent of all offenders, yea the very fiend himself— that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness, that I myself am the enemy who must be loved— what then?

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

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

Once you have established yourself as a center of love and kindness radiating throughout your being, which amounts to a cradling of yourself in loving kindness and acceptance, you can dwell here indefinitely, drinking at this fount, bathing it in, renewing yourself, nourishing yourself, enlivening yourself. This can be a profoundly healing practice for body and soul.

Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

Loving kindness towards ourselves doesn't mean getting rid of anything. It means we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. The point is not to try to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.