The Kindness Box

[Knight of Albion]

'So many gods, so many creeds
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs'
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

This is a thread for enlightened sayings and teachings on the topic of kindness.

The Kindness Box, add to it or take from it ....

 

[Knight of Albion]

'I have no desire to move mountains, construct monuments or leave behind in my wake material evidence of my existence. But in the final recollection, if the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy within your heart, then in living I have made my mark'
- Thomas L. Odem Jr.

 

[chinu]

Is kindness towards animals equal to vegetarianism ?

 

[Sees]

 

[4consideration]

"Kindness is the right use of will. Kindness is GOOD WILL -- expressed as caring, helping, refraining from hurtful actions, sharing, making life work, and consideration of others. Kindness is strength in action. The confidence that comes from showing kindness is a masterful influence in any situation."

Love Without End: Jesus Speaks -- Glenda Green

 

[Knight of Albion]

'Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest complement or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around'
- Leo Buscaglia

 

[Knight of Albion]

'Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace'
- Albert Schweitzer

 

[Knight of Albion]

'What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?'
- Jean Jacques Rousseau

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Be one of a kind with kindness

 

[Sunstone]

Confession time: When I was a young man, I valued in women more than anything else intelligence. But after two failed marriages, I've come to realize I should have valued kindness more highly than intelligence alone.

 

[Quintessence]

"Human beings are only one of those 8.4 million species. They have no more rights than any other species. All living beings, human and other-than-human, have an equal right to life. Not only do humans have no absolute rights - to take, to control, or to subjugate other forms of life - but they also have extra obligations to practise non-violence, and be humble in the face of the mysterious, glorious, abundant and extraordinary phenomenon of the living world"
--- A Jain Gurudev

 

[Knight of Albion]

This was a horrible proposal [that the eight-year-old Albert join a friend in killing birds with a sling...] ... but I dared not refuse for fear he would laugh at me.
So we came to a tree which was still bare, and on which the birds were singing out gaily in the morning, without any fear of us.
Then stooping over like an Indian on the hunt, my companion placed a pebble in the leather of his sling and stretched it. Obeying his peremptory glance I did the same, with frightful twinges of conscience, vowing firmly that I would shoot when he did.
At that very moment the church bells began to sound, mingling with the song of the birds in the sunshine. It was the warning bell that came a half-hour before the main bell. For me it was a voice from heaven.
I threw the sling down, scaring the birds away so that they were safe from my companion's sling, and fled home.
And ever afterwards when the bells of Holy week ring out amidst the leafless trees in the sunshine I remember with moving gratitude how they rang into my heart at that time the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill'
- From 'Memoirs of Childhood and Youth by Dr Albert Schweitzer

 

[Revoltingest]

[youtube]ynozTOWeX1I[/youtube]
Buckaroo Banzai - Don't be mean - YouTube

 

[Knight of Albion]

I wish no living thing to suffer pain
- Percy Bysshe Shelley

 

[Penumbra]

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[Penumbra]

Well yeah but he wielded immense personal power and organized and supported great powerful armies to kick orc butt on a regular basis!

Small acts of kindness to keep darkness at bay plus gigantic armies to kill all the orcs.

 

[Sees]

Well yeah but he wielded immense personal power and organized and supported great powerful armies to kick orc butt on a regular basis!

Small acts of kindness to keep darkness at bay plus gigantic armies to kill all the orcs.

Yes It all starts with a mother's smiles and cuddles though. My day is made that much better when someone says thank you for holding a door or vice versa, and it gets passed on. The little things we were taught and observed when young.

 

[Knight of Albion]

No kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted - Aesop

 

[Knight of Albion]

Be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible
- The Dalai Lama

 

[Knight of Albion]

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
- The Dalai Lama