kindness

The children of Adam are limbs of one another, formed in creation from a single essence.

When one limb is afflicted with pain, the other limbs cannot rest easy.

You who feel no sorrow for others' suffering do not deserve to be called human.

Do good to the poor and the empty-handed — for goodness itself becomes a cause for prayer on your behalf.

O wealthy one, win over the poor man's heart — for treasuries of gold and coin will not endure.

Behold the grace and kindness of the Lord: the servant commits the sin, yet He is the one ashamed.

Like the generous man who sought no reward for generosity — he forgave, and washed darkness from his heart.

Forgive what is forgivable; withhold not from a friend what you possess.

Seek people's ease — what is there in causing harm? What does that work yield but shame?

Tyranny is what plunders a kingdom; lasting fortune comes from doing little harm.

As long as you are standing, give a hand to those who have fallen.

Do good and cast it into the Tigris, for God will return it to you even in the desert. (≈ Cast your bread upon the waters)

It is not manhood to kick one who has fallen; if you lift up a fallen one's hand, that is manhood.

Favor and generosity are owed to no one, yet giving thanks for blessings is always owed; if the master did not fail in what was not required of him, how could I fail in what is required of me?

Do not stand as a barrier to rain and sun — it was for this that messengers were sent swiftly to the people.