"Kindness to children, love for children, goodness to children-- these are the only investments that never fail."
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"A god of kindness would be charitable to all. Your god of wrath and punishment is but a monstrous phantasy."
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"To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it."
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"Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you."
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"It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others."
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"Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things."
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"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world."
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"Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open."
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"The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness."
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"Do your little bit of good where you are."
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"There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness."
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"I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right attitude toward others based on kindness, compassion, love and respect."
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"Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason....When I read the Qur'an further, it talked about prayer, kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt the only answer for me was the Qur'an and God had sent it to me."
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"The world you see is just a movie in your mind. Rocks dont see it. Bless and sit down. Forgive and forget. Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now. That’s the story. That’s the message. Nobody understands it, nobody listens, they’re all running around like chickens with heads cut off. I will try to teach it but it will be in vain, s’why I’ll end up in a shack praying and being cool and singing by my woodstove making pancakes."
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"To belittle, you have to be little."
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"There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives--the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to recognize it. The poor you may have right in your own family. Find them. Love them. ---Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. Speak tenderly to them. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well."
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"As long as we observe love for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we are learned or unlearned, whether we believe in the Buddha or God, follow some religion or none at all, as long as we have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt we will be happy."
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"Kindness gives birth to kindness."
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"Be helpless, dumbfounded, Unable to say yes or no. Then a stretcher will come from grace to gather us up. We are too dull-eyed to see that beauty. If we say we can, we’re lying. If we say No, we don’t see it, That No will behead us And shut tight our window onto spirit. So let us rather not be sure of anything, Beside ourselves, and only that, so Miraculous beings come running to help. Crazed, lying in a zero circle, mute, We shall be saying finally, With tremendous eloquence, Lead us. When we have totally surrendered to that beauty, We shall be a mighty kindness."
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"The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal."
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