“I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you ll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you ll make something that didn t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.”
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”
“Be a little kinder than you have to.”
“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.”
“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.”
“But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.”
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.”
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
“The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. ... The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. ... Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one. ”
“MR. BROWNE S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT: WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING RIGHT OR BEING KIND, CHOOSE KIND.”
“To belittle, you have to be little.”
“All I m saying is, kindness don t have no boundaries.”
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
“And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.”