Mark Twain Quotes

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

Real charity and real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things.

I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.

Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

It's important to determine not just the quality of your mind but the fullness of your heart.

Become a good all-around human being.

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

Do I need to argue to Your Honor that cruelty only breeds cruelty? That hatred only causes hatred; that if there is any way to soften this human heart which is hard enough at its best, if there is any way to kill evil and hatred and all that goes with it, it is not through evil and hatred and cruelty; it is through charity, and love, and understanding?

To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.

When you have a choice whether to be be right or to be kind, choose to be kind.

Having a kind heart, you care about everybody else. You don't eat everything. Don't be a big. People in the community, be nice. As coaches, we want to see guys develop those kind of things, take those things with them when they leave our programs.

There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.

He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure.

I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by, reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.

The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.

Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.

If someone is unpleasant to you, draw a halo around his or her head in your mind. He/she is an angel who came to teach you something.

When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of men they are. You'll see how unnecessary it is to strain after their good opinion. Yet you must still think kindly of them. they are your neighbors. The gods help them as they do you, by dreams and oracles, to win their hearts' desires.

Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them. Never, never act with them like a predatory beast which seeks to be satiated by devouring them, for the people fall into two categories: they are either your brethren in faith or your kindred in creation.

Weighing too much on someone's talent and not someone's personality. I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

The more kindness and justice are challenged, the more we must embrace them. Only when you are challenged - and only when you challenge yourself - do you discover what truly matters.