Kindness Quotes - Page 30

• The things which we hold in our hands, which we see with our eyes, and which our avarice hugs, are transitory, they may be taken from us by ill luck or by violence; but a kindness lasts even after the loss of that by means of which it was bestowed; for it is a good deed, which no violence can undo.

  Seneca the Younger

  Taken, Mean, Eye

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• You long for one true friend? You have one. And because you do, you have a choice. You can... ponder the malice of your monster or the kindness of your Christ.

  Max Lucado

  True Friend, Long, Choices

  Max Lucado (2006). “Facing Your Giants: A David and Goliath Story for Everyday People”, p.23, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Many of us incorrectly assume that a spiritual life begins when we change what we normally do in our daily life. We feel we must change our job, our living situation, our relationship, our address, our diet, or our clothes before we can truly begin a spiritual practice. And yet it is not the act but the awareness, the vitality, and the kindness we bring to our work that allows it to become sacred.

  Wayne Muller

  Spiritual, Jobs, Practice

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• If a man is able to submit himself to nature, then nature will react to his needs. Almighty nature is all powerful and all loving, for the laws of nature are for the creation and evolution of all beings and creatures throughout the cosmos. There is no greater kindness than the kindness of nature.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Powerful, Men, Law

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1986). “Thirty Years Around the World: 1957-1964”, Stichting Drukkerij En Uitgeverij Mvu

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• Occasionally, family members treat each other with less courtesy and kindness than they do acquaintances or even strangers.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Stranger, Courtesy, Treats

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• If you could have magical binoculars that you could focus and look at the field of intention, you would see what the source of all things looks like. It's a source of love and kindness and beauty and creativity, and it's a source that excludes nothing and it's a source of unlimited abundance.

  Wayne Dyer

  Creativity, Focus, Looks

  "The Power of Intention with Dr. Wayne Dyer". Interview with Tim Miejan, www.edgemagazine.net. September 1, 2004.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I discover that my friends think only of my apparel, and those upon whom I have conferred acts of kindness prefer to remind me of my errors.

  John James Audubon

  Thinking, Errors, Apparel

  John James Audubon (1868). “The Life and Adventures of J. J. Audubon ... Edited, from Materials Supplied by His Widow, by Robert Buchanan. Second Edition. [With Portraits.]”, p.97

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• All the work I do is built on a foundation of loving-kindness. Love illuminates matters.

  Bell Hooks

  Foundation, Matter, Built

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

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• I remain hopeful that science, innovation and kindness will come to the fore as things become more and more tense in parts of the world. I think what you are seeing in the world right now is kind of a leveling or an attempt to level the playing field.

  Henry Rollins

  Thinking, Hopeful, Innovation

  Interview with Danny Stygion, www.sinicalmagazine.com. October 1, 2011.

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• It is the Lord's kindness that he will take the scum off us in the fire. Who know how needful winnowing is to us and what dross we have before we enter the kingdom of God? So narrow is the entry to heaven that our knots, lumps of pride, self-love, idol-love, and world-love must be hammered off us, that we may stoop low and creep through into that narrow entry.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Pride, Self, Idols

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• I lost my athletic scholarship by injuring my right knee. That right knee kept me out of Vietnam, and I went into Drama. I put them all together with a football foundation and the house was built on Drama - and love and kindness and understanding and grace.

  Gary Busey

  Football, Drama, House

  "An Interview With Gary Busey". Interview with Meagan Evans, 11thhouronline.com. March 11, 2010.

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• The word 'heart' can refer to an emotional bond between people, and also to the precious faculty of empathy, an 'open heart', which means sharing the feelings of another and includes an outflow of goodwill towards our fellow humans and all life forms. This, of course, is what the Dalai Lama refers to when he says "my religion is kindness", and is closely related to the ability to feel compassion.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Mean, Heart, Emotional

  "Where Are You Now? An Interview with Eckhart Tolle". Interview with Stephen Gawtry, www.watkinsmagazine.com. November 4, 2014.

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• Watching the spontaneous acts of kindness, compassion, and generosity, courage, and bravery in the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings was so deeply moving. It is in our nature to want to help, to serve, to be part of something larger than ourselves. We have a desire to connect with others. We want to make a difference in the world. I would call this a spiritual longing to be whole, interrelated, interconnected.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Spiritual, Moving, Compassion

  Source: therumpus.net

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• A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.

  Nazr Mohammed

  Funeral, Eulogy, Doe

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• Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest

  Francis Bacon

  Kids, Caring, Mind

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