BENEVOLENCE QUOTES

"Live your life

in such a way

that you'll be remembered

for your kindness,

compassion, fairness

character, benevolence,

and a force for good

who had

much respect for life,

in general."

— Germany Kent

"A man's needs are few.

The simpler the life,

therefore, the better.

Indeed,

only three things

are truly necessary

in order to

make life happy:

the blessing of God,

the benefit of books,

and the benevolence

of friends."

— Thomas Chalmers

"Please be truthful,

but also please

be benevolent, please."

— Jonathan Safran Foer

"I’m always amazed

at how books find us

at the time

we need them,

as if there’s

some omniscient,

benevolent librarian

in the sky."

— Eve Babitz

"Peace is not

the absence of war,

it is a virtue,

a state of mind,

a disposition of

benevolence,

confidence, justice."

— Baruch Spinoza

"Those whose kernels

were cracked by

benevolent spirit

should not

forget to be humble."

— Chinua Achebe

"Order and reason,

beauty and benevolence,

are characteristics

and conceptions

which we find

solely associated

with the mind of man."

— Karl Pearson

"General benevolence,

but not

general friendship,

make a man

what he ought to be."

— Jane Austen

"Surely happiness

is reflective,

like the light of heaven;

and every countenance,

bright with smiles,

and glowing

with innocent enjoyment,

is a mirror

transmitting to others

the rays of a supreme

and ever-shining

benevolence."

— Washington Irving

"The man of wisdom

is never of two minds;

the man of benevolence

never worries;

the man of courage

is never afraid."

— Confucius

"To be benevolent

is to be kind,

compassionate,

charitable,

to love,

and to be loved."

— Kazim Abasali