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Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return, not even a thank-you. The universal all-creating Spirit responds to acts of kindness with the response: "How may I be kind to you?"
— Wayne Dyer
If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that's kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it's Loving Kindness.
— Barbara Johnson
I choose kindness... I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me
— Max Lucado
Kindness is willing to look in the face of the hurting.
— Beth Moore
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.
— Publilius Syrus
The basis of all good human behavior is kindness.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?
— Henry David Thoreau
The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.
— William Law
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
— Oscar Wilde
The greatest gift you can open is your heart to someone in need.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
In an inn somewhere, a wealthy guest mistakes [Rebbe Zusia] for a beggar and treats him accordingly. Later he learns his identity and comes to cry his remorse: Forgive me, Rebbe, you must - for I didn't know! Why do you ask Zusia to forgive you? Rebbe Zusia said, shaking his head and smiling. You haven't done anything bad to him; it is not Zusia you insulted but a poor beggar, so go and ask the beggars, everywhere, to forgive you!
— Elie Wiesel
When you give bread to a beggar we give him that taste of paradise which only the poor can savor.
— Elie Wiesel