“True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.” – Joseph Addison
“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.” – Mother Teresa
“Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts.” – Conrad Hilton
“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” – Anne Frank
“The man of wisdom is never in two minds about right and wrong; the man of benevolence never worries about the future; the man of courage is never afraid.” – Confucius
“The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.” – Robert Burns
“For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.” – Baruch Spinoza
“Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.” – Horace Mann
“The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.” – Unknown
“To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.” – Ann Plato
“Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give, I give myself.” – Walt Whitman
“The principle of liberty and equality, if coupled with mere selfishness, will make men only devils, each trying to be independent that he may fight only for his own interest. And here is the need of religion and its power, to bring in the principle of benevolence and love to men.” – John Randolph
“If you haven’t got charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” – Bob Hope
“How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!” – Hosea Ballou
“Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How strange that so few of us try a course of the same medicine!” – John Frederick Boyes
“The only way to be loved is to be and to appear lovely; to possess and display kindness, benevolence, tenderness; to be free from selfishness and to be alive to the welfare of others.” – John Jay









fred feit said,
March 2, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I noticed when a random act of kindness,and a benevolent manor is displayed, I see light in the eyes of the ones I touch. Can you see your reflection too ?