“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 ...
“[...] it is right to be kind and even sacrifice ourselves to people who need kindness and lie in our way - otherwise, besides failing to help them, we run into the aridity of self-development. To seek for recipients of one's goodness, to play the Potted Jesus leads to the contray the Christian danger.” PeopleWayNeedsKindSelfPlayHelpingRunningChristianLyingJesusKindnessFailingSacrificeDangerDevelopmentGoodnessBe KindSelf Development Book:Commonplace Book Source: Commonplace Book
“The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices, and run risks, and bear privations, and exercise patience and kindness to a degree that the world never knows of, and would scarcely believe even if it did know.” IfsKnowsWorldBelieveRunningClassKindnessRiskSacrificeBearsExerciseDegreesEndurance Book:Duty Source: Duty