Patriotism, often a thinly veiled form of collective self-worship, celebrates our goodness, our ideals, our mercy and bemoans the perfidiousness of those… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Three things are necessary to make every man great,every nation great1.Conviction of the powers of goodness.2.Absence of jealousy and suspicion.3.Helping all who… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is the law of our humanity that man must know good through evil. No great principle ever triumphed but through much… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
It is just as important to trust God as it is to obey Him. When we disobey God we defy His authority… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I will keep faith with death in my heart... For the sake of goodness, for the sake of love, Let no man's… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
“Help anyone who comes to you, as much as lies in your power, not because you are good person, nor because you… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I have heard and seen many examples of the cruelty that we are able to visit on one another during my time.… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
To think the welfare and the goodness of the next generations is indeed a good ethics, but there is much greater ethics… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Faith just doesn't have anything to do with what I'm doing as a scientist. It's nice if you can believe in God,… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Is there a definition of a truly good person? … Many say that "Nice guys finish last", that "kindness is weakness", and… — Monique Reza Copy Share Image
It has always been the habit of Catholic in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary, and to… — Pope Leo X Copy Share Image
“To choose not to be part of a team or religion does not make me non-religious; for my religion is Truth and… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“...And yet a knowledge is here that tenses the throat as for song: the inheritance of the ones, alive or once alive,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a state of being in which we feel connected to everything in the universe. It is a fullness of the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“We must stand on the side of goodness, compassion and conscience, not to keep the processes in Nature functioning, but because if… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
But, brothers, this biting of their toe-nails over what is the CAUSE of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
There are days when I will be like, 'Oh my goodness, I am not happy with the way I look because I… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
This principle applies to your family pet, for instance, which I believe are wonderful because they put you into a great emotional… — James Arthur Ray Copy Share Image
Long may it remain in this mixed world a question not easy of decision, which is the more beautiful evidence of the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital for goodness and want of… — Morarji Desai Copy Share Image
Who sings of all of Love's eternity Who shines so bright In all the songs of Love's unending spells? Holy lightning strikes… — Jon Anderson Copy Share Image
Spirituality is natural goodness. God is not a person; God is a presence personified in us. Spirituality is not a thing; it… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
She had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
I believe in my children. I believe in human beings. I believe in the goodness that is in human beings. I believe… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
It seems to me that any ideology is bad because it is inevitably reductive and identifies other ideologies as evil, and itself… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large,… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Be sure to live up to your reputation for honesty and goodness, because many souls who believe you to be honest and… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
We can choose to be like the Mormon pioneers, who maintained a spirit of gratitude during their slow and painful trek toward… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred--that of keeping their own nobleness,… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the… — William James Copy Share Image
No matter how important we all think we are as individuals, when it comes down to it, we're not that important. At… — Henry Kaufman Copy Share Image
O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I've always believed in people's capacity for goodness. I still believe that people are good. What I'm not so trusting about anymore… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
