Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they’ve been very loyal and kind to me.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

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

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

Social Security is based on a principle. It’s based on the principle that you care about other people. You care whether the widow across town, a disabled widow, is going to be able to have food to eat.

Generally, the younger the victim, the greater the grief. Yet even when the elderly or infirm have been afforded merciful relief, their loved ones are rarely ready to let go.

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast – which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others – then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

The happiest people I know as a nation are the Burmese; their brightness and cheeriness are proverbial. Kindness to animals is one of their greatest ‚weaknesses‘; no Burmese will kill an animal, even if it is to put it out of pain.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.

Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action, which produces further confusion, further misery.

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

You give before you get.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Instead of judging people, we need to pray.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

When I see grace in a woman, that’s very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.

A true man hates no one.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

I got quite annoyed after the Haiti earthquake. A baby was taken from the wreckage and people said it was a miracle. It would have been a miracle had God stopped the earthquake. More wonderful was that a load of evolved monkeys got together to save the life of a child that wasn’t theirs.

A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Courage is grace under pressure.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

Every day, the people I meet inspire me… every day, they make me proud… every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.

Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God’s promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her – for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation’s promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.

Animals are my friends… and I don’t eat my friends.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

There is absolutely no power in our human effort to live holy. It is only by His grace. And the result of receiving grace is we get better at living like Christ, which is something we all want, right?