Kind Quotes - Page 58

The allusion was that I was actually naked. I loved that. It always, kind of shocked people enough that they became mine immediately.

There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much.

God is kind, but he is not soft. He takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect, irrespective of whether you think they understand or not.

Do not feel badly if your kindness is rewarded with ingratitude; it is better to fall from your dream clouds than from a third-story window.

I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.

Human kindness has no reward. You should give to others in every way you see. expect absolutely nothing from anyone. It should be your goal to love every human you encounter. All human suffering that you're aware of and continues without your effort to stop it becomes your crime.

The purpose of life is not to be happy, the purpose of life is to matter.

Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.

Kindness in words creates confidence.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.

Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.

We'll fight, not out of spite For someone must stand up for what's right 'Cause where there's a man who has no voice There ours shall go singing My hands are small I know But they're not yours, they are my own But they're not yours, they are my own I am never broken In the end only kindness matters In the end only kindness matters

If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.

For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.

The best use of a journal is to print the largest practical amount of important truth: truth which tends to make mankind wiser, and thus happier.

You can have the right kind of experience and the wrong kind of experience. Mine is rooted in the real lives of real people, and it will bring real results if we have the courage to change.

When you teach, you learn." "And I really don't go for religions of any kind. ...I reject them all....There were principles I thought were very important.

If anybody asks what Sufism is, what kind of religion is it, the answer is that Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the thing of primary importance is to seek God in the heart of mankind.

When you hear a kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so.

There really is a kind of insane beauty around us all the time. It's just a question of learning to slow down, take a deep breath and meet the moment.