To be able to practice five things everywhere under the heaven constitutes perfect virtue. . . gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh unless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Let’s rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another.

A kind word is like a spring day.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.

I've learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Protecting your virtue you have to learn to say no.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.

Love means to love that which is unloveable. Otherwise it is no virtue at all.

We ought not to let either our joy at their faults or our grief at their success be idle, but in either case we ought to reflect, how we may become better than them by avoiding their errors, and by imitating their virtues not come short of them.