“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.”— Dalai Lama, dalailamaquotes.org
“But shouldn’t all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?”— Hans Christian Andersen, amazon.com
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”— Khalil Gibran, amazon.com
“Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can.”— Marisha Pessl, amazon.com
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”— Mother Teresa, motherteresa.org
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, ekrfoundation.org
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”— Maya Angelou, amazon.com
“The sign of a beautiful person is that he always sees beauty in others.”— Omar Suleiman, goodreads.com
“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”— Maya Angelou, facebook.com
“Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.”— Miller Williams, amazon.com
“Even I am kinder to myself than I used to be — remember those old agonies?”— Tennessee Williams, amazon.com
“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.”— Lao Tzu, goodreads.com
“Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.”— J.R.R. Tolkien, amazon.com
“It’s sad that people think that when you’re too nice, you’re also dumb to the point that you’ll be a doormat. Luckily, that’s not the case because when you’re too nice, you also know when to draw the line.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”— Abraham Joshua Heschel, goodreads.com