Natsuki Takaya Quotes

I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

It's harder to be kind than clever

It's compassion that makes gods of us.

I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.

When we are devoted to the development of kindness, it becomes our ready response, so that reacting from compassion, from caring, is not a question of giving ourselves a lecture: 'I don't really feel like it, but I'd better be helpful, or what would people think?'

We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend to remain dormant. We can develop them on the basis of common sense, common experience and scientific findings. The response to the recent tragedy in the Philippines is an example of how such values are awakened; people helped simply because others are suffering and in need of support.

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

Kindness isn't just a virtue, its a necessity.

Some people think that without that spark of empathy we would do nothing, but that's just flat-out wrong. You could feel compassion for somebody without the spark of empathy.

The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness.

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.

Compassion has to become a discipline. It's something that you do. It's no good thinking that you agree with compassion or not, you've just got to do it. Just like it's no good agreeing that it's possible to float, you just have to get into the pool and then you learn that it's possible.

Kindness is the essence of greatness.

Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.

Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

I am the model middle child. I am patient and I like to take care of everyone. Being called nice is a compliment. It's not a boring way to describe me.

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

I pride myself on being kind.

Without humility there can be no humanity.

Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.