Benevolence Quote by Confucius Download Open image “If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.” — Confucius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Benevolence Evil Heart Ifs Inspirational Inspiring Kindness Men
It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil. — Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon Copy Share Image
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
In the hearts of men lies both good and evil. The two coexist. Some men become good, and others become evil. It is the… — Rumiko Takahashi Copy Share Image
If a man were to place himself in an attitude to bear manfully the greatest evil that can be inflicted on him, he would… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“...until men desire to control their own passions, evil has rooted itself in their hearts and darkness will rise again.” — Jaime Buckley Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. — Confucius Copy Share Image
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world. — Confucius Copy Share Image
To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men;… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak! — Confucius Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The benevolence of wrapping the partridge in a vine leaf brings out its quality, just as the barrel of Diogenes brought forth the qualities… — Emmanuel des Essarts Copy Share Image
Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The individualism of current economic theory is manifest in the purely self-interested behaviour it generally assumes. It has no real place for fairness, malevolence,… — Herman E. Daly Copy Share Image
Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
When you have lived as long as I have, the div replied, you find that cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence; the other… — Martial Copy Share Image
There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the judgment at hand, a truth more… — Roland Allen Copy Share Image