I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.

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.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

You give before you get.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

It’s not a slam at you when people are rude, it’s a slam at the people they’ve met before.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

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.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Humans cannot avoid trying to influence others. Everything we say or do is examined and interpreted by others for clues as to our intentions.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What’s the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

I have a heart of gold, but I’m really a marshmallow in my heart.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Hell is other people.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

A true man hates no one.

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

All my adult life people have been helping me.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

If you’re nice to me I’ll never write anything bad about you.

Don’t throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.

Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

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

If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows – pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music… That would be so much cheaper than bombs.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.

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

I don’t like talking to celebrities.

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

My mother told me, ‚Son, nobody else but God knows.‘ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.

Compliment three people every day.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

Most people would rather give than get affection.

An unimaginative person can neither be reverent or kind.

We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

Even now I will go to, like, an industry event, and all the ladies will be over here and all the guys over here, and I will go to the guys‘ table and sit because I just feel I can have a much better conversation over there. And that’s automatic; it’s not prejudice.

I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

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.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.