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

Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

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

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.

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

Giving is true having.

Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.

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

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

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.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

Hell is other people.

I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.

The American people have not become heartless.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

From caring comes courage.

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

Latin music is universal.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

If you give, you will be blessed.

The blessed of us must save the less of us. I’m blessed, and yeah, I’m planning to go to Heaven.

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.

You may be rich, but there is one thing you can’t afford – that is, if you are a good sort – you can’t afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

In assisting his ‚neighbour‘ every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout, with as little formality as possible, is pleasing God.

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

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.

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

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn’t make me feel good at all.

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

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

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

When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.

It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can’t spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready for a picture. Just do it!

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.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

The fact is that when you do something from your heart, you leave a heart print.

When I walk outside, people have something to say about it.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

Some people are jerks, and some people aren’t.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

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

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

I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

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

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

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

It is very hard to not be able to engage with people in a real and honest way because they either want something from me, or they see me as something that I simply am not.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

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.

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black children.