Kindness

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

"Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

"Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn."

"Both man and womankind belie their nature When they are not kind."

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?"

"KINDNESS, n. A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction."

"Charlie and I never will operate Berkshire in a manner that depends on the kindness of strangers – or even that of friends who may be facing liquidity problems of their own."

"The style of kindness has changed."

"I would help others out of a fellow-feeling."

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."

"Sed tamen difficile dictu est, quantopere conciliat animos hominum comitas affabilitasque sermonis."

"He never raised his voice. That was the worst thing — the fury of the Time Lord. And then we discovered why — why this Doctor, who had fought with gods and demons, why he had run away from us and hidden... He was being kind."

"Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort."

"So my heart advice will be to really be kind-hearted, to be a good hearted person. Whether you are Buddhist or not – there is really no need for me to convince anyone to become a Buddhist. If your mind is very pure and always has positive thinking, this is good – try not to ever go into the side of negative thinking! For example, if you find that someone looks at you and you think “Do they mean something bad to me? Do they think something bad about me?” Don’t even go into that! Just smile back. Just be pure. As pure as you can. Your heart should be pure and really open to everyone. So smile back at people that you think might not like you. This is something that you have, that’s possible. We can all totally be a kind hearted person with positive thinking and pure heart. Everyone is able to do that, whether you are Buddhist or not. This is my heart advice.""

"Kindness by secret sympathy is tied; For noble souls in nature are allied."

"The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. Without the sense of kinship with men of like mind, without the occupation with the objective world, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific endeavours, life would have seemed empty to me. The trite objects of human efforts - possessions, outward success, luxury - have always seemed to me contemptible."

"Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning."

"Their cause I plead — plead it in heart and mind; A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind."

"It might not seem like much, but what most people don't get is that there's a world of difference between not being cruel and being kind."

"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again."

"The family, the state, the entire world: they are all aggregations of individuals, and if each individual simply lived and acted according to pure-hearted kindness – that is, with a spirit of independence and freedom, the will to help the weak, and caring for one’s neighbor – we would all be able to live a peaceful and perfect collective life. We human beings should develop our spirit of independence and solidarity and fight against those who oppose this, even at the risk of our own lives."

"My true religion is Kindness."

"Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion."

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness."

"Care about the beings you care about in gorgeous and surprising ways. Color outside the lines. Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. This is your last chance."

"It is a little embarrassing that after forty-five years of research and study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other"

"Now we are on the front lines, not just caring for patients, but for healthcare workers who are caring for patients ... That’s the niche of infection prevention. ... I think when you are and vulnerable it allows opportunities for acts of kindness ..."

"And if you ask what is the temper which is most fitted to be victorious over sin on earth, I answer that in it the warp of a sunny gentleness must be woven across the woof of a strong character. That will make the best tissue to stand the wear and tear of the world's trials. Our Lord was divinely gentle, but He was also strong with a wondrous strength and firmness."

"Though he was rough, he was kindly."

"The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee."

"Seek to mingle gentleness in all your rebukes; bear with the infirmities of others; make allowance for constitutional frailties; never say harsh things, if kind things will do as well."

"Va, dans ce monde, il faut être un peu trop bon pour l’être assez."

"Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo."

"Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever has not kindness has not faith."

"One who can define kindness only as the absence of cruelty has surely not begun to understand the nature of either."

"وَإِذْ أَ َذْنَا مِيثَاقَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لاَ تَعْبُدُونَ إِلاَّ اللّهَ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَاناً وَذِي الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَقُولُواْ لِلنَّاسِ حُسْناً وَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتُواْ الزَّكَاةَ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً مِّنكُمْ وَأَنتُم مِّعْرِضُونَ"

"إِنَّ اللّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ"

"We cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of one who gives and kindles joy in the heart of one who receives. All condemnation is from the devil. Never condemn each other, not even those whom you catch committing an evil deed. We condemn others only because we shun knowing ourselves. When we gaze at our own failings, we see such a morass of filth that nothing in another can equal it. That is why we turn away, and make much of the faults of others. Keep away from the spilling of speech. Instead of condemning others, strive to reach inner peace. Keep silent, refrain from judgement. This will raise you above the deadly arrows of slander, insult, outrage, and will shield your glowing hearts against the evil that creeps around."

"A little more than kin, and less than kind."

"When your head did but ache, I knit my handkerchief about your brows, The best I had, a princess wrought it me, And I did never ask it you again; And with my hand at midnight held your head, And, like the watchful minutes to the hour, Still and anon cheer'd up the heavy time, Saying, "What lack you?" and, "Where lies your grief?""

"Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness."

"the tender gravity of kindness"

"Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing."

"For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more."

"A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship."

"Deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments."

"This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind."

"Give alms from your possessions, and do not let your eye begrudge the gift when you make it. Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor, and the face of God will not be turned away from you."

"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind."