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Goodness Quotes (page 303)

Benjamin Franklin quote: "Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an..."
Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen. Benjamin Franklin
James Russell Lowell quote: "There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only..."
There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. James Russell Lowell
If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? Frederic Bastiat
If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us. Victor Hugo
Noam Chomsky quote: "We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for..."
We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas. Noam Chomsky
Jack London quote: "Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but..."
Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. Jack London
It"s good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what you"ve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; you"ll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you"ll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies. Malcolm X
Ernest Hemingway quote: "Hunger is good discipline."
Hunger is good discipline. Ernest Hemingway
It's so crude' complained her mother, who believed in Good Taste the way Sunday worshipers believed in the Immaculate Conception. She wasn't quite sure what it was but she was sure it was important. Jeanette Winterson
Aldo Leopold quote: "The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its..."
The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive. Aldo Leopold
Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust. Hatred alone is immortal. William Hazlitt
But when the soul partakes of good. Or truth, which are her savoury food, By some far subtler chemistry. It is not they that change, but she, Who feels them enter with the state. Of conquerors her opened gate, Or, mirror-like, digests their ray. By turning luminous as they.(From "On a Theme From Nicolas of Cusa") C. S. Lewis
Jimmy Buffett quote: "Some of its magic, some its tragic, but I've had a good life..."
Some of its magic, some its tragic, but I've had a good life along theway. Jimmy Buffett
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Books are good enough in their own way but they are a mighty..."
Books are good enough in their own way but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. Robert Louis Stevenson
The demands of Jesus are difficult because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time He asks us to regard these [acts of goodness] as something usual, ordinary. Albert Schweitzer

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