Phrases of Kindness

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

Leo Tolstoy

I strive to be better every day. For kindness is also learned.

Cora Coralina

There is no need for kindness to show itself; but rather let yourself be seen.

Plato

There is no true intelligence without kindness.

Beethoven

Kindness must be linked to knowledge. Simple kindness is of little use; that’s what I’ve noticed.

Mahatma Gandhi

We don’t know what it’s like to be infinitely good. We know what it’s like to be relatively good. And we know that we are not capable of being good all our lives and in all circumstances. We failed a lot. And then we reconsider, which is not to say we publicly acknowledge it.

José Saramago

Rich, in fact, is not the one who has, but the one who gives.

John Paul II

I can only be in someone else’s life to do good, to add, otherwise I’m perfectly expendable.

Father Fabio de Melo

The important thing is not what you give, but the love with which you give.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

I recognize no other greatness than goodness.

Beethoven

What I do is simple: I put bread on the tables and I share it.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

We could be so much better if we didn’t want to be so good.

Sigmund Freud