Benevolence Quote by James Payn

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

— Albert Einstein

“In the ferment of our civil societies, from which the guardian angels seem to depart, we see many every moment sliding at the brink.…

— Anonymous

It is a sad thing that in the unfortunate times in which we live, the purest life, the most incontestable virtue, cannot exempt a…

— Alexander Dumas

“In a world so empty of human life, there was comfort in the thought that an invisible realm of spirits was aware of their…

— Jean M. Auel

Even the wisest of mankind cannot live by reason alone; pure arrogant reason, denying the claims of prejudice (which commonly are also the claims…

— Russell Kirk

“I take it, no fool ever made a bargain for his soul with the devil; the fool is too much of a fool, or…

— Joseph Conrad

“We can become so insensitive to the Spirit's prodding that we become too idle, too self absorbed and too busy with too many things…

— William Branks

“In the end we all must return to the earth, so is there any greater act of devotion than surrendering your entire life to…

— Laksmi Pamuntjak

“If you could only speak the devil fair enough, he might save you the cost of the doctor. Such strange lingering echoes of the…

— George Eliot

“Strip him of equipage and fortune, and such things as only dazzle our eyes and imaginations, but don't in any measure affect our reason…

— Mary Astell

“Nothing is more irreligious than to persecute the seekers of truth in order to keep up absurdities and superstitions of bygone ages. Nothing is…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“The ignorant man sees only the unsurmountable wall of death, hiding, seemingly forever, his cherished friends. But the man of unattachment, he who loves…

— Paramahansa Yogananda