Affair Quote by Terry Eagleton

Since human good is what humans ought to pursue, the pursuit of interest to Aristotle is then such activity of soul, that which constitutes…

— Ernest Sosa

“Aristotle defined the virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.

— Harry Allen Overstreet

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness.…

— Charles Van Doren

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

— Vikram Seth

Three sorts of goods, Aristotle specified, contribute to happiness: goods of the soul, including moral and intellectual virtues and education; bodily goods, such as…

— Sissela Bok

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat…

— Dennis Prager

Now the goodness that we have to consider is clearly human goodness, since the good or happiness which we set out to seek was…

— Aristotle

There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Aristotle observed that people become virtuous by acting virtuous: if you do good, you’ll be good.”

— Herminia Ibarra

The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.

— Francis Bacon

Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.

— Gwendolyn Brooks