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title: "6 Inherent Goodness Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“She had believed in her own inherent goodness, her humanity, and lived accordingly, never causing anyone harm. Her devotion to doing things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/she-had-believed-in-her-own-inherent-goodness-her-humanity-and-lived/)

[Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/)

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> [“To be young and in love. Isn’t it remarkable that something like that can happen in the middle of a war? It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-t-sullivan/to-be-young-and-in-love-isn-t-it-remarkable-that-something-like-that/)

[Mark T. Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-t-sullivan/)

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> [We believe in the inherent goodness of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/we-believe-in-the-inherent-goodness-of-man/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

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> [Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/nelson-mandela-once-remarked-that-he-befriended-his-jailers-those/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

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> [“My wish is that this book will help you uncover you inherent goodness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-ann-mulligan/my-wish-is-that-this-book-will-help-you-uncover-you-inherent-goodness/)

[Beth Ann Mulligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-ann-mulligan/)

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> [On good days, I can see the inherent goodness in people, and that human beings have a high capacity to learn and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/on-good-days-i-can-see-the-inherent-goodness-in-people-and-that-human/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

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