I don’t care how much you know until I know how much you care.
—Unknown
Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
—The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
The worst prison is a closed heart.
—Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) Polish Catholic Religious Leader
If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances, it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
To a well deserving person God will show favor. To an ill deserving person He will simply be just.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) (c.250–184 BCE) Roman Comic Playwright
So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist
Kindness has more power than compulsion.
—Unknown
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
—The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Civil Rights Leader, Philosopher, Author
True happiness consists in making others happy.
—Indian Proverb
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
What this world needs is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.
—Cleveland Amory (1917–98) American Writer, Animal Rights Activist
He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for others’ good, is a poor, frozen churl.
—Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) Scottish Playwright, Poet
Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
—Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author
Handle yourself, use head; Handle others, use heart.
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American First Lady, Diplomat, Humanitarian
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
Kindness and honesty can only be expected from the strong.
—Unknown
Getting money is not all a man’s business; to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher
The last, best fruit that comes late to perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, and philanthropy toward the misanthropic.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Humorist
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
—Charles Kuralt (1934–97) American Journalist, TV Personality
Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant can trickle when she wounds.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Kind hearts are more than coronets, and simple faith than Norman blood.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) British Poet
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
One of things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
—Dick Gregory (1932–2017) American Comedian, Civil Rights Activist
We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother’s shame; however you take it we men are a little breed.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) British Poet
When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they’ll remember and be kind to someone else. And it’ll become like a wildfire.
—Whoopi Goldberg (b.1955) American Comedian, Actor, Musician, Political Activist, TV Personality
Compassion is an alternate perception
—M. C. Richards (1916–99) American Poet, Potter, Writer
If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
—Bob Hope (1903–2003) British-born American Comedian
Always be nice to people on the way up; because you’ll meet the same people on the way down.
—Wilson Mizner (1876–1933) American Dramatist
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