“Kindness is not like a barter, so much for so much; or so much by contract, and my duty done. But kindness is like a righteousness or like a worship, not done unless it be done all I can. For the heart must run forth without measure like a child, and kindness be wound around like a child's arms about the neck, not by measure, but as tightly and as long as they can be.” HeartChildrenLongI CanDoneRunningKindnessDutyArmsWorshipWoundsNecksRighteousnessContracts Book:More Than Kin: a Book of Kindness ... Source: More Than Kin: a Book of Kindness ...
“Now, if we understand what unlucky persons are, we shall see that they are to be shunned, or that we are to consort with them only out of kindness or from sympathy, but without joining our interests with theirs; for they are persons who are not harmonious with the condition of things around them, and are as much at issue with life as a bird who should try to live in the water, or a fish to float in the air.” IfsShouldTryingPersonsInterestWaterKindnessIssuesAirConditionsBirdLuckFishesFloatsJoiningHarmoniousUnlucky Author:James Vila Blake