Quotes About Good

Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be unconcerned about a desired good is probably the only way to possess it.

Count all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains, 'Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains: And grant the bad what happiness they would, One they must want--which is, to pass for good.

Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than a dull prospect of a distant good.

In Zen Buddhism an action is considered good when it brings happiness and well-being to oneself and others, evil when it brings suffering and harm to oneself and others.

I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.

Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others

My own view is that Kant's conception of the duality of the good (morality and happiness, the good of our person and the good of our state or condition) is a distinctively modern view.

All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.

Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; - from fear of its being abused.

Happiness is the purpose of humans so it must need to be for the good of others otherwise one's happiness could hurt many others.

When people use you, it does not feel very good. But when God uses you for His purpose, it's the gretest feeling in the world!

Lots of little good things make you happier than a handful of big things.

I have to smile. He's such a dork. But I'm starting to realize the one good thing that's happened: he's my dork.

moments of something this good, this unexpected and off his usual path, they always dredged up old shit, like somehow happiness came with sorrow as its anchor.

Virtue is health, vice is sickness.

Theory is good for the intellect, but action is good for the soul. It's also good for your mental health, your physical health, and your pocketbook.

I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.

Health and health inequalities tell us a great deal about the good or bad effects of social policies.

Our proportionate admission of the claims of good or of evil determines the harmony of our existence, - our health, our longevity, and our Christianity.

The health and vigor necessary for the practice of what is good, depend equally on both mind and body.

Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

Do good in the name of children. Do good in the name of public health.

I'm trying to do what Frank O'Hara did and remind myself there there's a lot of good stuff. I write about New York for my own mental health.