yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful thingsand your tongue were not concocting some evil to sayshame would not hold down your eyesbut rather you would speak about what is just

Benevolence is often very peremptory.

Uncommon success is found on the spiritual plane; you can’t get there through common convention or following others. Hard work is not enough; many work slavishly-hard for little reward. Intelligence is insufficient; how many educated...

Being a good person has nothing to do with allowing people to destroy you.

Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion! But of the loved, revered, and honoured...

Give up good to welcome great.

There is one type of gambling which should always be encouraged. It is betting on goodness. When a person has wronged you, be good to him. If he adds insult to injury, double the bet....

Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

Thank goodness the system worked like it was supposed to. The sprinklers came on and contained it to a very limited area. It could have been a lot worse.

Everybody’s got the seam of goodness in them, Kit,” said Grandpa. “Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.

Often times, the world looks at Christians and they are quick to criticize the ways we fall short. That is not God’s fault. That is each Christian’s fault, for not cultivating the fruit of the...

It made her want to stand up next to him and fight. Fight to stay alive long enough to live out her life next to him. Fight for the only thing she knew that was...

When chasing success; Your greatest asset is not what you get from it but who you become because of it.

I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don’t imagine that it’s there; it’s there waiting to be noticed.

Both God and goodness are structured upon a foundation which solicits the essentials of higher level logic – a part of holy-istic culture.

for that men have been good does not suffice for them to continue being good, unless one cares about it to the end.

But try to remember that a good man can never die. You will see your brother many times again-in the streets, at home, in all the places of the town. The person of a man...

Positive emotions, such as the feelings of love, kindness, self-worth, confidence and optimism, produce a better person and a good destiny.

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from...

Live and love with your soul’s goodness and inner beauty as your heart leaps upward in any season of your life.

Hasanati ni matendo mema. Mema yanatoka kwa Mungu. Mabaya yanatoka kwa Shetani. Mke mwema anatoka kwa Mungu. Mke mbaya anatoka kwa Shetani. Mke mwema ana hekima na busara, ana maadili na tabia njema, ana utu...

…all “months” work together for the good of those who love the Lord! …all the days of this month will work together for your goodness!

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don’t bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by...

If you have the grace to hug someone, never miss this sacred moment.

Is there a definition of a truly good person? …. Many say that “Nice guys finish last”, that “kindness is weakness”, and so on. To those of you who are told “Your too nice” or...

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

Rejoice in the works of your hands, be happy and thankful that you are valuable, that what you say and do insn’t taken for a ride, that you have rejected the notion of self-doubt and...

All of these are like sparks in the midnight sky, shedding their light on a world where even a flicker of hope shines like a beacon, illuminating the seas of darkness.

I am an optimist by nature. I believe in goodness in every human being. I do. I believe that despite all obstacles, good will always beat evil. This [belief] gives me strength and support.

When you believe you reflect what is holy and good, you can see more that is good in every stage of your life. (319)

O infinite goodness of my God! It is thus that I seem to see both myself and Thee. O Joy of the angels, how I long, when I think of this, to be wholly consumed...

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

An eternal life is a life that one lives according to his or her decree to ultimately be a fine human being, agreeing with the concept of goodness, foreseeing the dangers ahead either by prophesies...

REJECT THE LIES AND VIOLENCE. STAND FOR LOVE, TRUTH, DECENCY AND THE COMMON GOOD.

[…] so important to believe in a concept of goodness, even if we make it up ourselves. We don’t really make it up. it’s there, isn’t it?””Oh, yes, it’s there,” she said. “It’s there because...

Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them.

Angels are good not simply because they see bad as bad, but also because they see bad as corny.

Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.

You’re a good man,” Fang said. “You’re the last good man in this whole town. All the good that could be squeezed out of this forsaken place was used to make you. That’s why you’re...

The goodness you do when you are very happy is not as valuable as the goodness you do when you are very unhappy!

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it’s what you believe, and the heck with everybody.

When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.

Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.

Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.

Stories of absurd events in life get my creative juices flowing and have so far given birth to some of my best ideas.

We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole

All religions are good ‘in principle’ – but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.

Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.

O Woman – Allah has made you the Queen of Piety and Modesty, Don’t belittle yourself to be the slave of unlawful admiration and mortal fame & fortune.