As I love and accept myself exactly as I am, right here and right now with all my so-called flaws and imperfections,… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
[T]he blossom of benevolence, of charity, is the fairest flower, no matter whether it blooms by the side of a hovel, or… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Out of the ashes of misanthropy benevolence rises again; we find many virtues where we had imagined all was vice, many acts… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Being raised in an unstable household makes you understand that the world doesn't exist to accommodate you, which... is something a lot… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy.… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free will, even with some loss of the object ,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him (i.e. Jesus) by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Pastries . . . can only be appreciated to the full extent of their subtlety when they are not eaten to assuage… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image