How convenient it is to declare that everything is totally ugly within the habit of the époque, rather than applying oneself to extract from it the dark and cryptic beauty, however faint and invisible it is.
— Selected Writings on Art and Literature
Quotes About Kindness
When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.
— The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
It is only when you suffer that you truly understand.
— Journey to the Center of the Earth
Do not waste your pity on a scamp.
— Aesop's Fables
The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God.
— Wilhelm Tell
It was a long time since he'd done any actual clinical work, and obviously his sojourn among the academics at Saro University had attenuated the professional detachment that allows members of the healing arts to confront the ill without being overwhelmed by compassion and sorrow. He was surprised at that, how tenderhearted he seemed to have become, how thin-skinned.
— Nightfall
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.
Already a congressman, to a mentor "I hope sometime you run across something you think I can do well 24 hours per day.
You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.
One love, one heart, one destiny.
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
If you want my personal attitude, I would tell you that I don't care about a person's sexual orientation.
A girl has to have a beautiful smile, Beautiful eyes and she should have a good sense of humor. She should be honest, loving and trustworthy.
The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently.
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
My father always taught me that when you help other people, then God will give you double. And that's what has really happened to me. When I have helped other people who are in need, God has helped me more.
I've never been cool - and I don't care.
I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.
I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom.
He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both.
— Henry V
He has the power to render us happy or unhappy, to make our service light or burdensome, a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks, in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up; what then? The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.
— A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
The judge speaks in the name of justice,' he said. 'The priest speaks in the name of pity, which is only a higher form of justice.'
— Les Misérables