"No
act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
-- Aesop
"Living
the truth in your heart without compromise brings kindness
into the world. Attempts at kindness that compromise
your heart cause only sadness."
-- Anonymous 18th century monk
There
is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong,
and that is by doing them good.
-- Henri Amiel
“Life
is short and we never have enough time for gladdening
the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh,
be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.”
-- Henri Amiel
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"It
is easy to perform a good action, but not easy
to acquire a settled habit of performing such
actions."
-- Aristotle
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"It
is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to
ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to
others."
-- Aristotle
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"Keep
doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn
out a good man in spite of yourself."
-- Louis Auchincloss.
"For
the cause that lacks assistance,
The wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I can do."
-- George Linnaeus Banks -- What I live for.
"Goodness
is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other
men, attended by love."
-- Saul Bellow.
"Do
unto others as you would have them do unto you."
-- The Bible: Luke VI.31 (circa 75 A.D.)
"Can
I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too?
Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?"
-- William Blake
"Kindness
is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can
understand."
-- C.N. Bovee
“Today
I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for
I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is
true.”
-- Robert Brault
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"I
feel no need for any other faith than my faith in
the kindness of human beings...I am so absorbed
in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that
I cannot think of heaven and angels."
-- Pearl S. Buck
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"Fashion
your life as a garland of beautiful deeds."
-- Buddha
"Have
you had a kindness shown? Pass it on;
'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on;
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another's tears.
Pass it on."
-- Rev. Henry Burton
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.
-- Leo Buscaglia
"Choose
being kind over being right and you'll be right every
time."
-- Richard Carlson
Little
deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make
earth happy like the heaven above.
-- Julia Carney
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How
far you go in life depends on you being tender
with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic
with the striving and tolerant of the weak and
the strong. Because someday in life, you will
have been all of these.
~ George Washington
Carver
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"Each
person has inside a basic decency and goodness.
If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving
a great deal of what it is the world needs most.
It is not complicated but it takes courage. It
takes courage for a person to listen to his own
goodness and act on it."
-- Pablo Casals
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"The
creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and
to make the most of it."
-- Edwin Hubbel Chapin
"They're
only truly great who are truly good."
-- George Chapman (1654)
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Giving
connects two people, the giver and the receiver,
and this connection gives birth to a new sense
of belonging.
-- Deepak Chopra
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"Did
universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven,
and hell a fable.
-- Charles Caleb Colton (1825)
"What
you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others."
-- Confucius (circa 500 B.C.)
"A
disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the
Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
-- Confucius
"Forget
injuries; never forget kindness."
-- Confucius
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The
individual is capable of both great compassion and
great indifference. He has it within his means to
nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
-- Norman Cousins |
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If
compassion was the motivating factor behind all
of our decisions, would our world not be a completely
different place?
-- Sheryl Crow
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"My
religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
-- The
Dalai Lama
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When
we feel love and kindness toward others, it not
only makes others feel loved and cared for, but
it helps us also to develop inner happiness and
peace.
--
The Dalai
Lama
If
you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
-- The
Dalai Lama
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Compassion
is not religious business, it is human business, it
is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and
mental stability, it is essential for human survival.”
-- The
Dalai Lama
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THEREFORE PLEDGE ...
TO CONDUCT myself in a harmonious, peaceable
manner, avoiding selfish or arrogant behaviour,
giving love and kindness to those around me.
-- Guy Dauncy
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One's
life has value so long as one attributes value
to the life of others, by means of love, friendship,
indignation and compassion.
-- Simone de
Beauvoir
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"To
receive everything, one must open one's hands and give."
-- Taisen Deshimaru
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"Hugs
can do great amounts of good — especially for
children."
-- Princess Diana
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"If
I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain:
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain."
-- Emily Dickinson
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“Maybe
you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough
sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough
sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your
life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no
excuse, so just suck up and be nice.”
-- Ani DiFranco
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"This
only is charity, to do all, all that we can."
-- John Donne
"Compassion
is the chief law of human existence."
-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
