Quotes on Kindness

Being Kind Not in some great deed of heroism; not in some great speech or act that may be pointed to with pride-but rather in the little kindnesses from day to day.

Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity for judgment. For that, we cannot take out insurance; the insurance company is within: self-discipline, self-awareness, and a clear realization of the disadvantages of anger and the positive effects of kindness.

Nice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race.

There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.

Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face tremendous difficulties; the survival of humanity will be endangered.

If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.

It is God's kindness to terrify you in order to lead you to safety.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, _x000D_ He provideth a kindness for many generations, _x000D_ And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.

You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?

Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.

Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity to all beings, even to animals. This kindness, this mercy, this charity - greater than any doctrine - are what Buddhism left to us.

Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often makes its entrance from the mother's corpse.

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.

Without kindness there can be no true joy.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.