Of great consequence is the immense power of kindness in bringing out the good points of the characters of others.
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A kind act has picked up many a fallen man who has afterward slain his tens of thousands for his Lord, and has entered the Heavenly City at last as a conqueror amidst the acclamations of the saints, and with the welcome of its Sovereign.
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Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any one unless they were kind also. In short, kindness makes us as Gods to each other. Yet while it lifts us so high, it sweetly keeps us low. For the continual sense which a kind heart has of its own need of kindness beeps it humble,
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Kindness is infectious. One kind action leads to another. Our example is followed. This is the greatest work which kindness does to others — that it makes them kind themselves.
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A proud man is seldom a kind man. Humility makes, us kind, and kindness makes us humble.
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A kind man is a man who is never self-occupied. He is genial, he is sympathetic, he is brave.
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IF a man habitually has kind thoughts of others, and that on supernatural motives, he is not far from being a saint.
