Quotes about Kindness

The international sign to know if someone needs encouraging," Truett said, "is if they are breathing. If they're breathing, they need encouraging.

In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human.

One German officer lived in the house opposite ours. He had a room with the Kahn family. They said he was a charming man - calm, likable, polite, and sympathetic. Three days after he moved in he brought Madame Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists rejoiced.

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!

How do I find God?' you ask. I do not know how, but I do know where-in my fellow man.

When you give bread to a beggar we give him that taste of paradise which only the poor can savor.

God does not create other people so we could turn our backs on them.

I cannot cure everybody. I cannot help everybody. But to tell the lonely person that I am not far or different from that lonely person, that I am with him or her, that's all I think we can do and we should do.

The speech of God's beautiful woman is a fountain of life to those around her.

It's easy to talk about how much you love God, but loving others reveals how much you truly do.

Make it your goal to employ the sweet speech that marks you as a wife after God's own heart.

The goodness you receive from God is a treasure for you to share with others.