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The best portion of a good man’s life are his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. William Wordsworth
A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, desiring attainment for himself, helps others to attain. Confucius
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read. Mark Twain
The fact that people are poor or discriminated against doesn’t necessarily endow them with any special qualities of justice, nobility, charity or compassion. Saul Alinsky
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
The poor do not need our sympathy and pity. They need our love and compassion. Mother Teresa
To make one good action succeed another is the perfection of goodness. Talib
There was a time a while back when charity was a virtue and not an organization. Brendon Stark
Public sympathy is everything; with it nothing can fail, without it nothing can succeed. Abraham Lincoln
No one knows like a woman how to say things that are at once gentle and deep. Victor Hugo
The Holy-supper is kept indeed, in what we share with another’s need. Not what we give, but what we share. For the gift without the giver is bare. James Russell Lowell
Man discovers his own wealth when god comes to ask gifts of him. Tagore
A benevolent man extends his love from those that he loves to those he does not love. Mencius
Surely great loving kindness yet may go with a little gift; all’s dear that comes from friends. Theocritus
Men are cruel, but man is kind. Tagore
Goodness is uneventful. It does not flash, it glows. David Grayson
The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task. Nietzsche
There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants. Montaigne
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. Richard Baxter
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly; that is the first law of nature. Voltaire
Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love. Saul Bellow
Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were. Jules Renard
Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them. Ben Jonson
Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything. Walt Whitman
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. Marcus Aurelius
The only gift is a portion of thyself. Emerson
We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them. LA Rochefoucauld
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times. Ben Jonson
If charity cost no money and benevolence caused no heartache, the world would be full of philanthropists. Proverb
Women treat us just as humanity treats its gods. They worship us and are always bothering us to do something for them. Oscar Wilde
An elderly lady, standing in a queue at a supermarket, let me in before her so I could join a pal who was already at the checkout. I said, “Thank you so much.” She replied, “Don’t think about it; it’s my good deed for the day.” “You’ll go to heaven.” I said. There was a slight pause, and then she said firmly, “I don’t want to go to heaven. I want to go to hell and dance a bit.” “Me too, let’s all go to hell and dance a lot.” Source: The Happy Hoofer by Celia Imrie
A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes onto another as a vine to bear grapes again in season. Marcus Aurelius
The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to. Aristotle
The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover in the lives of others. He cannot admit either the divine or the natural order, by which men have the power to help themselves. Isabel Paterson
The silver ore of pure charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man’s good qualities. Richard Sheridan
I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. Antonio Porchia
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. Thoreau
Goodness is easier to recognize than to define. W. H. Auden
There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his. Eric Hoffer
My true religion is kindness. Dalai Lama
