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“No one has ever become poor by giving.”

“Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.”

“Look at Andrew Roe's The Miracle Girl from one angle and you'll see an incisive and insightful critique of America at the millennium and today, investigating where we put our faith and why. The greatest of Roe's achievements in this captivating debut is a memorable feat of intense empathy. Roe inhabits characters who are desperate to believe and reveals to us their needs and wounds and hopes, and he does so with kindness, generosity, and wisdom. This is a novel about what it means to be human, to seek connection and hope and maybe even transcendence in the world around us.”

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

“When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That's something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. That's different. When they [Conservative right wing Republicans] talk about values, they're talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.”

“No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.”

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.”

“If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.”

“Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.”

“Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.”

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”

“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.”

“Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

“Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.”

“It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.”

“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”

“If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”

“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

“You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”

“That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”

“There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.”

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.”

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

“How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it!”