Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was:
"If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?"
But... the good Samaritan reversed the question:
"If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
- Maya Angelou

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
- Anne Frank

Life is unlimited -
it expands with the generosity, compassion, inventiveness, and service that you contribute.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
- attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, among others, but probably earlier and anonymous

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded.
It's a relationship between equals.
Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.
Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
- Pema Chodron

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa

The only gift is a portion of thyself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion
are the things which renew humanity.
- The Buddha

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
- Mark Twain

Hard times don't create heroes.
It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.
- Bob Riley

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people
is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with.
To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves,
we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.
- Pema Chodron

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther