Benevolent Quotes

172 quotes by 151 authors

If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of,… — Richard Rohr
You pass by a little child, you pass by, spiteful, with ugly words, with wrathful heart; you may not have noticed the child, but he… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is an old dream: To travel on the back of a benevolent sea beast down to some secret underwater garden. — Stephen Harrigan
There is a mystery within all beings bursting to reveal itself, in the ones who become quiet enough to discover it. In this discovery a… — Mooji
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His world: dominated by… — Viola Spolin
The moral duty to be expected in different ages is not a unity of standard, or of acts, but a unity of tendency ... At… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
I do not want to live under a philanthropy. I do not want to be taken care of by the government.... We do not want… — Woodrow Wilson
The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the facility with… — Thomas B. Macaulay
If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters. — George Bernard Shaw
It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which… — Victor Hugo
The consent of the governed" is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. — Walter Lippmann
From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe)… — William James
Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back. — Mason Cooley
The Jews looked for a special savior, a messiah, who was to redeem mankind by the agreeable process of restoring the fabulous glories of David… — H.G. Wells
If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling the strings, then it can be very stressful. And nature… — Michael Shannon
I am loaded down to the guards with educational, benevolent, and other miscellaneous public work, I must not attempt to do more. I cannot without… — Rutherford B. Hayes
I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food. — Alfred Nobel
What a racially segregated system once taught the young black about living with his inferiority is now taught by a benevolent social welfare system. The… — Charles A. Murray
I'm a benevolent dictator. — Harvey Weinstein
I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or… — Misha Collins

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