Matthew Quick Quotes

It's better to be kind than to be right.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind.

Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

My religious philosophy is kindness. Try to be kind. That's something worth achieving.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.

I would never talk bad about anybody, even if they have something derogatory to say about me. I'm the bigger person.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.

The way I stand up to bullies is with kindness and love. Because I think that's what they really need. They're misunderstood and probably really upset themselves.

Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.

For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind.

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today

Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice.

I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems

Have charity; have patience; have mercy. Never bring a human being, however silly, ignorant, or weak--above all, any little child--to shame and confusion of face. Never by petulance, by suspicion, by ridicule, even by selfish and silly haste--never, above all, by indulging in the devilish pleasure of a sneer--crush what is finest and rouse up what is coarsest in the heart of any fellow-creature.

I try not to be hateful.

If I am an angry man, it is my duty to pray for charity, which suffereth long and is kind.

The practicing of loving kindness toward one's enemy is the ultimate test of one's own spiritual attainment.

If you should encounter angry or unkind actions today, take a deep breath, reach deep within and greet the lack of love with love.