“This shall be the last of my benevolent follies, and I will never be kind to anybody again as long as I… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
A small craft in an ocean is, or should be, a benevolent dictatorship. — Tristan Jones Copy Share Image
Firstly I commit my Soul into the hands of God, its great and benevolent author. — Josiah Bartlett Copy Share Image
I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...we should deal with children as God does with us, who makes us happiest when He lets us stagger in benevolent delusion.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it! — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Like God, art seemed to hover over us, perhaps benevolent, and often sublime, but constantly, maddeningly out of reach.” — Matthew Gallaway Copy Share Image
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are… — Hans Bender Copy Share Image
Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
In regard to the colored people, there is always more that is benevolent, I perceive, than just, manifested towards us. What I… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I know that my work in this case is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
It is pleasure that lurks in the practice of every one of your virtues. Man performs actions because they are good for… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The Christian religion, when divested of the rags in which they [the clergy] have enveloped it, and brought to the original purity… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The state machine, including the army, the police and the courts, is the instrument with which one class oppresses another. It is… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The core problem isn’t the fact that we’re lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it,… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Health education emphasizing risks is a form of pedagogy, which, like other forms, serves to legitimize ideologies and social practices. Risk discourse… — Deborah Lupton Copy Share Image