"Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do."

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Source : Emanuel Swedenborg (1993). “The Heavenly City: A Spiritual Guidebook”, Chrysalis Books

Emanuel Swedenborg

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Kindness Quotes

“The ecological crisis is doing what no other crisis in history has ever done - challenging us to a realization of a new humanity.”
“It's not a question of money anymore. I spend money like it's nothing. You know, I could be penniless tomorrow, but I'd get back, somehow.”
“The loving personality seeks not to control, but to nurture, not to dominate, but to empower.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Jan 23, 2016
“Truly great architecture always transcends its stated function, sometimes in unanticipated ways.”
“I'm touring and I'm bored and it's an off day or I'm travelling and boom, there ya go, it's fun again cause I'm drunk.”
“She sighed. Loudly. "Physical appearance is not what is important." Yeah right. Tell that to any girl who hasn't bothered to put on a presentable shirt or fix her hair because she's only running into the grocery store to get a quart of milk for her grandmother, and who does she see tending the 7-ITEMS-OR-LESS cash register but the guy of her dreams, except she can't even say hiâ€”much less try to develop a meaningful relationshipâ€”since she looks like the poster child for the terminally geeky.”

Source : Vivian Vande Velde (2002). “Heir Apparent”, p.64, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life.”
“So,uh, where am I, exactly ? And what do you plan on doing with me ?" "You're at Underworld General Hospital. As you can probably guess, we specialize in nonhuman medical care. Our location is secret, so don't ask." "UGH ? Your hospital is called 'ugh' ? Oh, that's precious.”

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