Kind Quotes - Page 193

That is God's call to us - simply to be people who are content to live close to him and to renew the kind of life in which the closeness is felt and experienced.

The artist should preach nothing-not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony with every other kind of truth- moral, metaphysical, mystical.

The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.

we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness in the two branches of Botany and Natural history to which we wish him particularly to apply.

Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.

It had a very long pendulum, and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge, because it was the the kind of delibrate, annoying ticking that wanted to make it abundantly clear that every tick and every tock was stripping another second off your life.

Granny Weatherwax was not lost. She wasn't the kind of person who ever became lost. It was just that, at the moment, while she knew exactly where SHE was, she didn't know the position of anywhere else.

Happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved from the outside in.

There's so much kind of bureaucracy involved with the whole concept of net neutrality and like technical stuff.

I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know

Be gentle and kind with every one, and severe with yourself.

Plants seem like an excellent model for the kind of future that we should be building.

The process of radical acceptance is to accept that a story has appeared in the mind, and then deepen the attention to see clearly what's happening in the body, to regard those feelings and sensations with kindness and acceptance, and to notice how they come and go.

I seem to use this word 'kind' very frequently. When one is unhappy or anxious it is a quality one dwells on.

When people ask the Dalai Lama, "Is Buddhism a religion?" he answers, "Yes, it is." Then they ask, "What kind of religion is it?" He responds, "My religion is kindness." You might think, "Everyone's is." Everyone's is. That's true. It's not complicated to describe the goal of a spiritual life. It's easier than you think to explain it. It's more difficult than you can imagine to do it.

Kindness to me is only powerful if it has the cruel streak behind it. If someone is kind all the time under all circumstances, they're just simple-minded. Kindness is only worth something if you have the cruel streak to back it up.

I'm a T-shirts, sweatpants and jeans kind of gal, I dress really simply and comfortably.

I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner.

Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm.

Contrary to the cliche', genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.

I like murder mysteries, the Agatha Christie kinds of things where you know that it's all going to be neatly wound up at the end.

I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness.

Show kindness and respect to everyone. Pure intentions make the biggest difference.

For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more.

Kindness will always attract kindness.