The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“general benevolence was one of the leading features of the Pickwickian theory,” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Every fresh act of benevolence is the herald of deeper satisfaction; every charitable act a stepping-stone towards heaven. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.” — J. W. Lord Copy Share Image
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
What I ask for the Negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Power rises to the top like cream and dominates the weak with cruelty disguised as -- and often even believed to be… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes.… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Good manners are the expressions of benevolence in personal intercourse, by which we endeavor to promote the comfort and enjoyment of others,… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Business men are to be pitied who do not recognize the fact that the largest side of their secular business is benevolence.… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
First, therefore, [the Jew] goes about making up to the people for his previous sins against them. He begins his career as… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity; They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness; Without subtle ingenuity… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I think you may judge of a man’s character by the persons whose affection he seeks. If you find a man seeking… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I do not admire a virtue like valour when it is pushed to excess, if I do not see at the same… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Charity in the theatre usually begins and ends with people who have a play opening the week following one's own. Their unlikely… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
In the present, the way benevolence is expressed is in conceptualizing the Native as a historical relic; US people have to be… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga.… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog. Nobody ever saw… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
How pitiable is it to reflect, that although you were so fully convinced of the benevolence of the Father of Mankind, and… — Benjamin Banneker Copy Share Image
“{ The resolution of the surviving members of the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, whom Robert Ingersoll was the commander of, at his funeral… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wish I could recall with clarity the impulse that compelled me to help bring this camp into being. I'd be pleased… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on a ground… — Henry Sidgwick Copy Share Image
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one… — Robert Parry Copy Share Image
Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image