Goodness Quotes

1767 Goodness quotes by 1077 unique authors

Thank goodness we don't live in medieval times, when people fought wars over ideas. — Wojciech Jaruzelski
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. — Xunzi
For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy… — Corliss Lamont
It makes that a virtue which is not a virtue, and that a crime which is not a crime. Religion consists in a round of… — Unknown Author
As a matter of fact, no one knows that God exists and no one knows that God does not exist. To my mind there is… — Robert Green Ingersoll
It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil, of love that… — Pope Benedict XVI
It is the law of our humanity that man must know good through evil. No great principle ever triumphed but through much evil. No man… — Frederick William Robertson
A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The Thanksgiving tradition is, we gorge. Hey, what about at Thanksgiving we simply consume a considerable measure? However we do that consistently! Goodness. Imagine a… — Jim Gaffigan
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. — Maurice Maeterlinck
Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by "exploiting… — Marc Ian Barasch
Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual… — Oliver Goldsmith
It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which… — Henry Mackenzie
It has always been the habit of Catholic in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary, and to seek for peace… — Pope Leo X
Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who… — John C. Danforth
The message of this season that is applicable throughout the year lies not in the receiving of earthly presents and treasures but in the forsaking… — James E. Faust
I will gladly give lessons as a favor, particularly when I see that my student has talent, inclination, and anxiety to learn; but to be… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
So let us not worry, and look instead as it has been taught us to do, as the birds of the air and the lilies… — Franz Liszt
If you want my goodness to stay with you then serve your neighbor, for that is where God comes to you. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The moment good taste knows itself, some of its goodness is lost. — C.S. Lewis
For God is good - or rather, of all goodness He is the Fountainhead. — Athanasius of Alexandria
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. — Seneca the Younger
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for… — Seneca the Younger
Gary Snyder's The Practice of the Wild is an exquisite, far-sighted articulation of what freedom, wildness, goodness, and grace mean, using the lessons of the… — Gretel Ehrlich
Nobody ever got anything from God on the grounds that he deserved it. Haven fallen, man deserves only punishment and death. So if God answers… — Aiden Wilson Tozer

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