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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).

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And (Allah made) the kindness to parents as a protectional (shield) to His wrath and displeasure.

Fatimah

A pity to meet kindness. Lower one's guard. And wham.

J. P. Donleavy A Singular Man (1963)

A cup of kindness is better than a whole bottle of mercy can be.

Avner Strauss

We are not divided, all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.

Sabine Baring-Gould

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Saint Peter

He [Jean] still felt surges of generosity, and gave in to them if they didn’t cramp his style. That was it. He could be kind if kindness caused him no problems.

Gabrielle Roy The Tin Flute (1945)

When you meet someone that is the definition of kindness, of partnership, of love, of understanding, it just makes life easy.

Zainab Balogun

Act of kindness is as innocent and pure no matter how small it is and it can do a lot to help bring calm to a troubled soul.

Olawunmi Banjo

At a time of great migrations that arouse suspicion and rejection, the Church wants to respond with the force of charity, to create the culture of encounter.

Rafael Zornoza Boy

His Bounty proceeds from his heart,
'Tis principle prompts the supply;
His kindness exceeds my desert,
And often suppresses a sigh.

John Cunningham

Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.

Marcus Aurelius

The light is Charity, and the measuring of this light is done to us profitably by the wisdom of God.

Julian of Norwich

Prison teaches no good — and Siberia doesn't either — but another human being can . . . yes, a human being can teach another one kindness — very simply!

Maxim Gorky

Kindness effects more than severity.

Jean de La Fontaine Fables (1668)

There must be justice, not charity.

Henri Barbusse Light (1919)

Love my bank's credit card declining donations to Lebanese charities. Super cool.

Katherine Maher

What is given to Ukraine is not charity. It's an investment in the protection of NATO and in the protection of the prosperity of the American people.

Dmytro Kuleba Ukraine says no 'plan B' to unblocking U.S. funding (2024)

To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness.

Friedrich Schiller

Charity and alms are recommended in every chapter of the Koran as being the most acceptable services, both to God and the Prophet.

Napoleon Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
For auld lang syne!

Robert Burns

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