Confucius Quotes about Kindness

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Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

Confucius

Gratitude, Kindness, Express Yourself

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Confucius

Inspirational, Thank You, Kindness

Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen." Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.

Confucius

Kindness, Honesty, Persistence

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.

Confucius

Kindness, Practice, May

Confucius (1973). “A book of heaven and the earth: stories from the Confucian analects”, Columbia Univ Pr

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

Confucius

Education, Kindness, Men

There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.

Confucius

Kindness, Men, Evil

Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.

Confucius

Kindness, Should, Whole Life

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

Confucius

Art, Kindness, Mind

Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

Confucius

Kindness, Real, People

The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, careful and true, overflowing in kindness for all, but in brotherhood with love. And if they have strength to spare they should spend it on the arts.

Confucius

Art, Kindness, Home

Confucius (2014). “THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS”, p.16, Lulu.com