“By a kind of fashionable discipline, the eye is taught to brighten, the lip to smile, and the whole countenance to emanate with the semblance of friendly welcome, while the bosom is unwarmed by a single spark of genuine kindness and good-will.” KindWholeEyeKindnessTaughtDisciplineLipsAppearanceGenuineWelcomeFriendlySparksGood WillBosomsFashionableCountenanceSemblanceEmanate Book:The Works of Washington Irving...: Illustrated Source: The Works of Washington Irving...: Illustrated
“Kindness is about energy we give and take from all creatures. The bottom line is the integrative interaction and the total interconnectedness between human beings, all creatures, and God. Kindness is a spirituality of solid truth, not shifting emotion; of justice, not occasional philanthropy; of genuine love, not sentimentality or masochism; of evolved adults, not fixated infants.” GivingHumansSpiritualityEnergyLinesJusticeHuman BeingsEmotionKindnessCreaturesAdultsBottomGenuineInteractionPhilanthropyInfantShiftingBottom LineOccasionalSentimentalityInterconnectednessGive And TakeMasochismGenuine Love Author:Jean Maalouf
“A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.” NaturalKindnessFundamentalsAppreciationGenuineGenuine Smiles Author:Dalai Lama
“You have a good heart and you think the good thing is to be guilty and kind but it's not always kind to be gentle and soft, there's a genuine violence softness and kindness visit on people. Sometimes self-interested is the most generous thing you can be.” PeopleThinkingHeartKindSelfSometimesKindnessViolenceGood ThingsGenuineGuiltyGentleGenerousSoftnessGood Heart Author:Tony Kushner
“"The true essence of humankind is kindness. There are other qualities which come from education or knowledge, but it is essential, if one wishes to be a genuine human being and impart satisfying meaning to one's existence, to have a good heart."” IfsInspirationalHumansHeartWishHuman BeingsExistenceQualityKindnessEssentialsEssenceGenuineSatisfyingHumankindImpartGood HeartInspirational Kindness Author:Dalai Lama
“The key to genuine happiness is in our hands. To think this way is to discover the essential values of kindness, brotherly love and altruism. The more clearly we see the benefits of these values, the more we will seek to reject anything that opposes them; in this way we will be able to bring about inner transformation.” ThinkingWayLoveHandsAbleHappinessValuesKindnessKeysEssentialsBenefitsTransformationGenuineBuddhistRejectsAltruismCore ValuesBrotherlyBrotherly LoveGenuine Happiness Author:Dalai Lama
“There is perhaps no surer road to peace than the one that starts from little islands and oases of genuine kindness, islands and oases constantly growing in number and being continually joined together until eventually they ring the world.” WorldLittlesTogetherNumbersKindnessGrowingRingsGenuineIslandsOasis Author:Dominique Pire
“Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.” PeopleInspirationalKindTwoImportantInterestKindnessImportant ThingsCustomersGenuineBe Kind Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer