Quote by Kaiten Nukariya

“An action is good when it promotes the interests of an individual or a family; better when it promotes those of a district or…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“in the use of the terms 'good' and 'bad.' Now let us examine how does good differ from bad. A good action ever promotes…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“purely good actions are those actions which subserve and never hinder human interests either material or spiritual, such as humanity and love of all…

— Kaiten Nukariya

No act is of itself either good or bad. Only its place in the order of things makes it good or bad.

— Milan Kundera

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

— Plutarch

An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.

— Immanuel Kant

We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but…

— Peter Abelard

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

— Stephen Mitchell

In fact we say that an intention is good, that is, right in itself, but that an action does not bear any good in…

— Peter Abelard

No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention.

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Some consider me as a bad influence, but I prefer to see myself as indifferent. To define an act as good or evil is…

— Peter Koevari

“One good action does not make a man good. Nor does a single wrong action make a good man evil.”

— L.E. Modesitt Jr