To see evil and call it good, mocks God. Worse, it makes goodness meaningless. A word without meaning is an abomination, for… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
“They constantly try to escape From the darkness outside and within By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
The history of man is essentially zoological; it becomes human late in the day, and then only in the beautiful souls, the… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times… — Orson Scott Card 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
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
Madame Lefoux acted as midwife. In her scientific way, she was unexpectedly adept at the job. When the infant finally appeared, she… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
“We have laws in our country that tell us not to murder or steal and we have police that enforce them. The… — Lewis N. Roe Copy Share Image
... so our customary practice of prayer was brought to mind: how through our ignorance and inexperience in the ways of love… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
“Darkness is, in reality, nothing but the lack of light. So, darkness is natural, light is unnatural. Yet, it is light that… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in things… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“The Triumph of Goodness" If only the reality was like cartoons like teenager books and stories or like the countless movies and… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image
The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
“In the beginning.. when ray and day hadn't yet come into existence at all, there was a kind of radiance that illuminates… — Toba Beta 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that… — Sean Bean Copy Share Image
Every man possesses that which is according to the image of God, for the gifts of God are irrevocable (Rom. 11:29). But… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
“Then how can you ever know about the beautiful goodness of Mud? How bad it wants to be things. How bad it… — Lynda Barry 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
All badness is spoiled goodness. A bad apple is a good apple that became rotten. Because evil has no capital of its… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Man is not a mind that thinks, but a being who knows other beings as true, who loves them as good and… — Etienne Gilson Copy Share Image
God has created too few unmixed evils to warrant the belief that death is one of them. In all things else in… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
