#kindness

Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness - both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter. ↗

— Dawna Markova

#love #love

For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #art

Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture victims. ↗

— Julian Assange

#nuturing #victim #victimhood #victims #men

He who is not generous(loving,benevolent),God is not generous(loving,benevolent) to him. ↗

— Anonymous

#beautiful #benevolent #culture #freedom #generous

As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. ↗

— Mary Anne Radmacher

#giving #kindness #light #nature

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do. ↗

— Rachel Naomi Remen

#connection #kindness #nature

When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#respect #respect

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#god #goodness #humanity #justice #kindness

We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually by each person...so it's easy to misunderstand when others are trying to be kind to you. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#kindness #misunderstanding #desire

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense. ↗

— Gretchen Rubin

#kindness #offensive #politeness #tact #fun