What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy’s tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

When I ask people to give, I can’t be on television if they don’t; I can’t help people, if I don’t – I mean, it takes money.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one’s memories.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

If it’s good music, it’s good music.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women’s cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.

Human beings love poetry. They don’t even know it sometimes… whether they’re the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber… they’re listening to poetry.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

There’s something about pulling out a real tape from a shelf and looking at it and knowing that ‚Everlong‘ is on it, or ‚Best of You‘ is on it, and it’s really special.

I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: ‚Oh my God, what a blessing.‘ Then you realise it’s important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe.

I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it.

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.

The Hindus are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God’s grace.

I’ve been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it’d be awesome to work with him. He’s really kind, and he’s been really encouraging when we’ve met.

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.

What it’s like to be me? You know, it’s good to be me. My life is good.

It’s cool to be recognised by your peers.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

For whatever trauma came with service in tough circumstances, we should take what we learned – take our post-traumatic growth – and, like past generations coming home, bring our sharpened strengths to bear, bring our attitude of gratitude to bear.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn’t give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn’t seem right.

Ethiopia didn’t just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, ‚Would you take my son with you?‘ He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die.

We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

One of the things I’ve never been accused of is not caring about people.

Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

Never elated when someone’s oppressed, never dejected when another one’s blessed.

Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life’s ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy.

Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

People have me pinned as a shark or a predator in some way, and in no way am I that. I wouldn’t want to hurt anyone. I want to defend people. I want to help people.

Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I’ll be right there with you as a citizen – inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

I didn’t go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in the woods, with no shoes, and in the fall it was back to the city, shoe shops and school.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.