Kindness Quotes - Page 23

• What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?

  Herman Melville

  Atheist, Men, Principles

  Herman Melville (1857). “The Confidence-man: His Masquerade”, p.220

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• Besides, our action on each other, good as well as evil, is so incidental and at random, that we can seldom hear the acknowledgments of any person who would thank us for a benefit, without some shame and humiliation. We can rarely strike a direct stroke, but must be content with an oblique one; we seldom have the satisfaction of yielding a direct benefit, which is directly received.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Evil, Benefits, Our Actions

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.121, Courier Corporation

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• In choosing a course of action, it's best to take the tack of kindness.

  Peter Megargee Brown

  Action, Courses

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• That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Gratitude, Mistake, Pride

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• If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.

  Plato

  Wise, Men, Thinking

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• Expressing gratitude to our benefactors is a natural form of love. In fact, some people find loving kindness for themselves so hard, they begin their practice with a benefactor. This too is fine. The rule in loving kindness practice is to follow the way that most easily opens your heart.

  Jack Kornfield

  Gratitude, Heart, Practice

  Jack Kornfield (2008). “The Wise Heart: Buddhist Psychology for the West”, p.398, Random House

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• Let your brilliance be expressed through kindness.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Brilliance

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• Yoga is bringing suppleness in body, calmness in mind, kindness in heart and awareness in life.

  Amit Ray

  Life, Yoga, Heart

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• Man must have fires in his life: Fire of love; fire of work; fire of doing kindness... Without fires, man is just a cold rock!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Love, Life, Men

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• For a man, no more beautiful wish has ever found yet than wishing him a life full of kindness!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Beautiful, Men

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• Learn the absolute pleasure of kindness.

  Perry Brass

  Pleasure, Absolutes

  Perry Brass (1998). “The Lover of My Soul: A Search for Ecstasy and Wisdom”, p.26, Perry Brass

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• The lowest form of barbarism is smugly to berate someone for extending an act of kindness.

  Perry Brass

  Form, Barbarism, Lowest

  Perry Brass (1998). “The Lover of My Soul: A Search for Ecstasy and Wisdom”, p.30, Perry Brass

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• Soul-serving requires a heart that beats hard against the ribs. It requires a soul full of the milk of human kindness. This is the sine qua non of success.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Heart, Soul, Ribs

  "The Soul-Winner; or, How to Lead Sinners to the Saviour" by Charles Spurgeon, 1895.

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• Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

  Saadi

  Anger, People, Doe

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• First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

  Brené Brown

  Children, Adults, Watches

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• Kindness only goes so far, and then it's time to show your claws.

  RuPaul

  Claws, Shows

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• What if today you gave yourself permission to be outrageously kind? What if you extended as much good will and kindness as you can possibly muster to every person you meet? And what if you did it with no thought of reward? I'm sure of one thing: it will be a day you will never regret.

  Steve Goodier

  Regret, What If, Rewards

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• No matter how unfriendly you are you have always listened to my requests. Your kindness is always saving me.

  Hani

  Drama, Saving, Matter

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• To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend. And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.

  Omar Khayyam

  Heart, Deeds, Bosom Friends

  Omar Khayyam (1882). “The Quatrains of Omar Khayyám”

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• Doing a kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise we have tested.

  Martin Seligman

  Exercise, Increase, Produce

  Martin Seligman (2011). “Flourish”, p.33, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your eyes, kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greetings. We are all but His instruments who do our little bit and pass by. I believe that the way in which an act of kindness is done is as important as the action itself.

  Mother Teresa

  Believe, Eye, Expression

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• I want to be like the air. The good-hearted person whose kindness overflows and people realize how important she was to them, once she is gone. I want to be that kind of person.

  Aya Kito

  Air, People, Important

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• I think the most important manner is just general kindness. When you go to big cities, sometimes people forget to just say, "Good morning," or "How are you?"

  Jaime King

  Morning, Thinking, Cities

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• If we can bring spiritual energy, which is love, kindness, forgiveness and so on, to the problem, we can dissolve it. It's really just a matter of changing our mind about how we're going to process the events in our lives.

  Wayne Dyer

  Spiritual, Mind, Energy

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