without leaving a mark

Move lightly through life,
touching the hearts of others
without leaving a mark.

~Unknown

but we can begin

We can’t heal the world today
but we can begin
with a voice of compassion,
a heart of love,
an act of kindness.

~Mary Davis

to be warm yellow light

I really just want
to be warm yellow light
that pours
over everyone I love.

~Conor Oberst

Continue

 

My wish for you is that you continue.
Continue to be who
and how you are,
to astonish a mean world
with your acts of kindness.
Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden
of your tender heart.

~Maya Angelou, (1928 – 2014)

 

I can plant a seed

Blossoms from my garden.

The fact that I can plant a seed
and it becomes a flower,
share a bit of knowledge
and it becomes another’s,
smile at someone
and receive a smile in return,
are to me continual spiritual exercises.

~Leo Buscaglia, (1924 – 1998)

this good echo

Each smallest act of kindness reverberates
across great distances and spans of time –
affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit
was the source of this good echo.

~Dean Koontz

I shall not pass this way again

I expect to pass through life but once.
If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show,
or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being,
let me do it now and not defer or neglect it,
as I shall not pass this way again.

~William Penn, (1644- 1718)

we need kindness

We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery,
we need humanity.
More than cleverness,
we need kindness and gentleness.

Charlie Chaplin, (1889-1977)