“How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn’t want or need anything from them.”— Gail Godwin, goodreads.com
“I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.”— Conor Oberst, genius.com
“It’s difficult…ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.”— Anne Frank, amazon.com
“Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.”— Sai Baba, goodreads.com
“It was easy to respond to coldness, because it could not hurt me like tenderness.”— Doris Lessing, amazon.com
“Try to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.”— Sydney Smith, amazon.com
“He used to think that he wanted to be good, he wanted to be kind, he wanted to be brave and wise, but it was all pretty difficult. He wanted to be loved, too, if he could fit it in.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.”— John Nash, edgestudio.com
“Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone's heart.”— Mandy Hale, amazon.com
“When you are attracted to people, it’s because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”— Desmond Tutu, goodreads.com
“I have a lot more patience for others than I have for myself, and I’m much better at bringing out the best in others than in myself. That’s just the kind of person I am. I’m the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox. But that’s fine with me. I don’t mind at all. Better to be a first-class match…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I did something good for you just now. Before the sun goes down tonight, I want you to pass it on.”— Stephen King, amazon.com