Contemplation Quote by John Jay Chapman

As all our wickedness consists in turning away from our Creator, so all our goodness consists in uniting ourselves with Him.

— Alphonsus Liguori

When we live to the glory of God, we show His goodness living through us instead of just ourselves.

— Beth Moore

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment…

— Aristotle

God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.

— William Tyndale

We must repay goodness and wickedness: but why exactly to the person who has done us a good or a wicked turn?

— Friedrich Nietzsche

God is able to transform the hostile intentions of wicked people into blessings for His people.

— Max Anders

If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable.

— David Levithan

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own…

— Carl Jung

Our circumstances are not an accurate reflection of God's goodness. Whether life is good or bad, God's goodness, rooted in His character, is the…

— Helen Grace Lescheid

I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.

— Vikram Seth

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

— Dalai Lama

I think we can't go 'round measuring our goodness by what we don't do, what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who we…

— Anonymous