Quotes about Kindness

As brother stands by brother in distress, binding up his wounds and soothing his pain, so let us show our love towards our enemy. There is no deeper distress to be found in the world, no pain more bitter than our enemy's. Nowhere is service more necessary or more blessed than when we serve our enemies.

Only when we have felt the terror of the matter, can we recognize the incomparable kindness. God comes into the very midst of evil and death, and judges the evil in us and in the world. And by judging us, God cleanses and sanctifies us, comes to us with grace and love…. God wants to always be with us, wherever we may be—in our sin, suffering, and death. We are no longer alone; God is with us.6 "The Coming of Jesus in Our Midst

Genuine love is always self-forgetful in the true sense of the word.

The only fruitful relation to human beings—particularly to the weak among them—is love, that is, the will to enter into and to keep community with them. God did not hold human beings in contempt but became human for their sake.

To bear the burden of the other person means involvement with the created reality of the other, to accept and affirm it, and, in bearing with it, to break through to the point where we take joy ink.

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

You don't even have to believe in anything to be good to people. You should just know you should be a good human being.

Get down off 'at cross; Somebody needs the wood!

Obviously someone will! The issue is rather, will the most sympathetic person get there first?

Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.