William Wordsworth:
The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life.

My Star

by Randy DeMedici
In a vacant field, in the dead of the night;
Gazing up at the sky, I think of my plight.
Billions of stars in the heavens above;
Knowing these stars all represent love.
A star for each person, that much I can see;
A star for each person, but no star for me.
Tell me what I did wrong, tell me... how did I fall?
A life without love, is no life at all.
Suddenly in the darkness, intense shining light;
A beautiful star, so brilliant and bright,
Catches my eye and outshines all the rest;
Feelings of joy fill the hole in my chest.
Could this be my star, is this one for me?
So perfect to look at, how can this be?
Oh, that I could have wings and fly up above,
To be with my star, the one that I love.
I reach towards the sky; can't she see that I'm here?
She knows not who I am; my eyes shed a tear.
I know I will give all the love in my heart;
She's so close to me now... still, too far apart.

Pleasure for an hour, a bottle of wine;

pleasure for a year, marriage;

pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

It's been so good to have you as a friend:

As sweet and rich as honey-colored sun

Slanting steep across a summer lawn,

Gilding life with all that love can lend.

And now that you yourself have griefs to tend,

I want to be the strong and caring one

To count to you the lovely things you've done

Until these troubles pass and sorrows end.

You are so beautiful in form and soul

That you bring happiness to all you're near:

Just as a sea rose, flowering in mist,

Makes a paradise of some bleak shoal,

Turning truth to something far more clear,

No pain unsoothed

or rain-swept cheek unkissed.

HH the Dalai Lama:
When we feel love and kindness toward others,

it not only makes others feel loved and cared for,

but it helps us to develop inner happiness and peace.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
The truest greatness lies in being kind,

the truest wisdom is a happy mind.

Blaise Pascal:

Kind words do not cost much.

Yet they accomplish much.

Albert Schweitzer:
Constant kindness can accomplish much.

As the sun makes ice melt,

kindness causes misunderstanding,

mistrust,

and hostility to evaporate.

Abraham Joshua Heschel:
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people;

as I grow older, I admire kind people.

Even nature shows kindness and love.