Quotes About Goodness

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Hubo un tiempo, no muy remoto aún, en el que los villanos eran gente buena. Se llamaban «villanos» porque vivían en una villa. Pero, como otras palabras transformadas por el azar del tiempo, el carácter humilde e ignorante de los villanos se convirtió en sinónimo de indecencia, grosería y maldad. Tal parece que ni los propios villanos comprenden por qué la historia los ha convertido en malos.

That virtue in this world is hated ever; Malicious men may die, but malice never.     ORGON

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

All my life I'd thought of myself as an essentially good person, but all I'd been was comfortable.

J'ai la foi en l'humain en autant que l'humain reconnait ce qu'il y a de bon en lui.

Just do good, don't worry about the road ahead.

Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.

The eternal truths which are essential to human salvation, [Moses Mendelssohn] argues, must necessarily be accessible to all human beings, for it would be contrary to the goodness of God for him to reveal only to a portion of mankind such truth as is indispensable to all men.

The Art of Peace is not easy. It is a fight to the finish, the slaying of evil desires and all falsehood within

The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.

Todo el mundo merece que le ocurra algo bueno en su vida, al menos una vez.

What the Court will decide is another matter - a legality, based on the canonical rules of evidence, and irrelevant, it seems to me, to the fundamental facts, that the finger of God is here and tat the heaven of goodness in this man is still working in the lives of his people.

I don't believe in good people and bad people. I believe in the better parts of people.

Nach Wahrheit forschen, Schönes lieben, Gutes wollen, das Beste tun. Das ist die Bestimmung des Menschen.

I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, "How many good things have you done in your life?" Rather he will ask, "How much love did you put into what you did?"

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Let us do something beautiful for God.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.

Every good deed is charity whether you come to your brother's assistance or just greet him with a smile.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

Selfless nobility is a panacea for all the moral diseases of mankind, in the pharmacy of the philosophy of good and light. Aphorism should become a cure for evil.

Good and evil have come out of the same thread. Simply, because all demons were once considered angels. They use the same powers, but differ on intentions.