Creeds Quote by George Eliot

“The root of these fundamentalist tendencies, these dogmatic tendencies, is a fixed identity—a fixed view we have of ourselves as good or bad, worthy…

— Pema Chödrön

“It is human nature. If we surround ourselves with evil, even evil becomes good to us. If we are not careful, that natural light…

— Bruce Newbold

“Thus the good are unfailingly rewarded with their own virtue, and the wholesome consequences of their actions on society at large. And the bad…

— Kaiten Nukariya

We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral…

— PZ Myers

Mankind readily accepts Bad and yet only tolerates good.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others, and, consequently,…

— Henry Fielding

Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions.

— Milton Friedman

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

— George Orwell

“It will be said that a rational person accepts the world as mixed of good and evil with decent satisfaction and decent endurance. But…

— G.K. Chesterton

“It is realistic rather than cynical to observe that in a fallen world there are degrees of virtue in relation to what is right,…

— Os Guinness

The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in…

— Anthony Trollope

“There are more than straight good and evil, aye, even more than law or disorders or fence-sittin'. There's prejudice, whimsey, affection, superstition, habit, upbringing,…

— Eve Forward Villains By Necessity