kindness

It is better to sow good deeds; love, goodness and kindness.

The Limoges set has brought us more joy in its absence than it ever did in our cupboards. Of course, we no longer own a set of china to pass down to our kids, but that's okay. Francois and I plan on giving our children something more valuable, the simple truth that the best way to go through life is to be a major donor of kindness. We'll tell them that it's possible to own a whole bunch of beautiful, valuable things and still be miserable. But sometimes just having a recipe for chocolate Bunt cake can make a person far, far happier.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. And be kinder than is necessary.

Since you cannot always carry and display your diploma. Kindly act like you have one. Professionalism. Include that to your dictionary.

For he did not seem to know any way to do a person a kindness but by killing him.

I'm an answer, Frankie. Maybe you're an answer for me, too?__merson

When kindness is here, hatred disappears. When hatred is here, kindness can never enter.

These people all woke up this morning and reminded themselves to be human beings. Not everyone knows how to do that. No vermin, my people. Real human beings.

Checking in on what our kids are doing online isn't helicoptering, it's parenting.

There's a little known virtue called magnificence: an unostentatious liberality of expenditure in doing good. You would deny me the practice of it. Mierda! I should have left you on the comet.

Love is donating a chunk of your life to patch up holes in the life of another.

There's no such thing as a problem that's yours and not mine.

Bad stuff happens, people are mean, there are no steps you can take that ensure the world leaves you alone. All you can do is try not to be one of those people who contributes to the bad.

A true friend does not make you win by making you the winner to the detriment of the true winner. He makes sure that you become a loser, not because he likes the way you fail, but to enlighten you on how it feels to be treated that way and to demonstrate that love and respect are not exclusive.

When God blesses you, the highest form of gratitude is open-handedness.

It was a good thing to be an African. There were terrible things that happened in Africa, things that brought shame and despair when one thought about them, but that was not all there was in Africa. However great the suffering of the people of Africa, however harrowing the cruelty and chaos brought about by soldiers__mall boys with guns, really__here was still so much in Africa from which one could take real pride. There was the kindness, for example, and the ability to smile, and the art and the music.

Whatever you sow, you will reap. Sow the seeds of love, kindness and peace.

Be kind to yourself. Remember that when you abuse yourself, you will experience the anger, regret, and apathy of the bully as well as the depression, anxiety, and insecurity of the victim. Whatever you do, be kind to yourself.