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I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness read more
I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more read more
You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more friends by building people up than you can by tearing them down. And you can gain more friends by taking a few minutes from each day to do something kind for someone, whether it be a friend or a complete stranger. What a difference one person can make!
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer.
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer.
Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
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Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The best I had, a princess wrought it me--
And I did never ask it you again;
And with my hand at midnight held your head,
And like the watchful minutes to the hour,
Still and anon cheered up the heavy time,
Saying, 'What lack you?' and 'Where lies your grief?'
It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to be kind to another, read more
It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to be kind to another, without helping himself.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
On that best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and read more
On that best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love.
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am read more
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.