Quotes about Kindness

Beat doesn't mean tired or bushed, so much as it means beato, the Italian for beatific: to be in a state of beatitude, like St. Francis, trying to love all life, trying to be utterly sincere with everyone, practicing endurance, kindness, cultivating joy of heart. How can this be done in our mad modern world of multiplicities and millions? By practicing a little solitude, going off by yourself once in a while to store up that most precious of goals: the vibrations of sincerity.

In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

Make your wife happier, children wiser, yourself kinder, and you will make your life better.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Mercy is not giving someone what they deserve. Grace is giving someone what they don't deserve. Extend God's wisdom in your relationships.

Love each other dearly always. There is scarcely anything else in the world but that: to love one another.

The heart that gives, gathers.

Kindness is not something that we put on for certain occasions, like a piece of jewelry; rather, it is an attribute of God's that He desires to reproduce in us.

It's important to remember that people are always doing the best they can, including you.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.