“I understood how we long to believe in goodness, especially in the person we promised to love and honor. It isn't just… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
If you can't please yourself some of the time, how do you expect to please people all the time? Not everyone is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
“We were made for God. Only by being in some respect like Him, only by being a manifestation of His beauty, lovingkindness,… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
God doth not govern the world only by his will as an absolute monarch, but by his wisdom and goodness as a… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
The idealism of Berkeley is only a crude statement of the idealism of Jesus, and that again is a crude statement of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I've never been to the Olympics, so I don't know what to expect. It's better for me, just like my first Worlds...… — Simone Biles Copy Share Image
“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by… — Siddhārtha Gautama Copy Share Image
When we become isolated, we are prone to being damaged; our minds lose their flexibility and natural kindness; we become vulnerable to… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, "I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Não importava que Deus no céu fosse católico, protestante ou hindu. O que importava era uma coisa mais profunda, mais antiga e… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Still I made one excuse after another, and Jesus would answer, 'Go, and I will be with you'... Then Jesus said again,… — Maria Woodworth-Etter Copy Share Image
But she still had that something which fires the imagination, could still stop one's breath for a moment by a look or… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
There is one scene where he is kissing up my back. It is really sexy and I didn't know he was going… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
Here's an experiment: For one whole day think, speak, and act exactly as you would if you were absolutely convinced of the… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
“God did not bring you into the world because He had any need of you, useless as you are; but solely that… — St. Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good,… — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
I was the father whom everyone looked up to and people could watch my films with the entire family. But then too… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
There are few instances of the exercise of particular virtues which seem harder to attain to, or which appear more amiable and… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at… — Confucius Copy Share Image
A virtue which is divine is humility. A person who could do great things and still maintain humility of the heart, charity… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Be fresh and new when perceiving the other. Always look for the highest first, look for the intrinsic beauty and goodness, for… — John Friend Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of goodness leads to greatness, but the pursuit of greatness, whether by a man or a nation, leads to ruin….… — John Kramer Copy Share Image
Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One whiff of a savory aromatic soup and appetites come to attention. The steaming fragrance of a tempting soup is a prelude… — Louis Pullig De Gouy Copy Share Image
Whenever we show others the goodness of God, whenever we follow our Teacher by imitating His posture of humble and ready service,… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. ... They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again. To teach to others what we know, and to… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
The Lord always comes first in our lives, and then everything else comes second. And so with my music and with my… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding… — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
“We no longer have any time to waste, entertaining our dark side. It is time we recognize those evil elements of our… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
If as we accept God is the perfect epitome of justice, mercy, goodness, and compassion, then our efforts to define the divine… — Mark Durie Copy Share Image
America is the greatest, freest and most decent society in existence. It is an oasis of goodness in a desert of cynicism… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Truth, Goodness, Beauty - those celestial thrins,Continually are born; e'en now the Universe,With thousand throats, and eke with greener smiles,Its joy confesses… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
'I don't need brains,' says the billionaire contemptuously. 'I'm brainy enough myself!' The broker cries out in desperation, 'What, in heaven's name,… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
“Il n'est si homme de bien, qu'il mette à l'examen des loix toutes ses actions et pensées, qui ne soit pendable dix… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“What we at first deem useless might end up being the next bestseller. It can be the product's novelty, fun factor or… — Simon Zingerman Copy Share Image
In our English popular religion the common conception of a future state of bliss is that of ... a kind of perfected… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
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