Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.
Kindness Quotes
The Dalai Lama and Ali, the fourth caliph, are at the top, with Shakespeare, Alice Bailey and Amit Ray. The sourced lines are not especially sweet. Oscar Wilde, in The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891), thought it immoral to use private property to relieve the evils that private property causes, and Disraeli, in Contarini Fleming (1832), says never to apologize for showing feeling, since you are apologizing for truth.
The passage that begins “I expect to pass through this world but once” is credited to Stephen Grellet and marked disputed. The notes show that it was first printed in a June 1869 magazine, writing of an unnamed Quaker. Two jokes are flagged as well: the best government being a benevolent tyranny tempered by assassination (Voltaire) and a kind word with a gun going farther than a kind word alone (Al Capone).
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
Charity is the great channel through which God passes all his mercy upon mankind.
The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries!—what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity.
Faith, hope, and charity are the best weapons in the world to fight against intemperance.
Recompense hatred with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
War is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.
There is a reward for kindness to every living animal or human.
Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them.