You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.
The word grace emphasizes at one and the same time the helpless poverty of man and the limitless kindness of God.
Altruism does not mean mere kindness or generosity, but the sacrifice of the best among men to the worst, the sacrifice of virtues to flaws, of ability to incompetence, of progress to stagnation-and the subordinating of all life and of all values to the claims of anyone's suffering.
only kindness that raises its head from the crowd of the world to say it is I you have been looking for, and then goes with you everywhere like a shadow or a friend.
Kindness is a virtue neither modern nor urban. One almost unlearns it in a city. Towns have their own beatitude; they are not unfriendly; they offer a vast and solacing anonymity or an equally vast and solacing gregariousness. But one needs a neighbor on whom to practice compassion.
As we put into all our schools more humane education, and foster the spirit of justice and kindness toward the "lower" creatures, just as soon shall we reach the roots not only of cruelty but of crime.
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.
A man must have something to grumble about; and if he cant complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.
Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God's favor.
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
True kindness ennobles the giver
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.
You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
The universe is made of one kind of what-ever-it-is, which cannot be defined.
warm-heartedness generally begins at home, and those who are warm to others are warmer to themselves; it is but the overflow.
Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.
Kindness is no common virtue. It is a rare gift.