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Goodness Quotes (page 419)

Through neglect, ignorance, or inability, the new intellectual Borgias cram hairballs down our throats and refuse us the convulsion that could make us well. They have forgotten, if they ever knew, the ancient knowledge that only by being truly sick can one regain health. Even beasts know when it is good and proper to throw up. Teach me how to be sick then, in the right time and place, so that I may again walk in the fields and with the wise and smiling dogs know enough to chew sweet grass. Ray Bradbury
It is strange,' pursued he, 'that while I love Rosomond Oliver so wildly-with all the intensity, indeed, of a first passion, the object of which is exquisitely beautiful, graceful, and fascinating--I experience at the same time a calm, unwarped consciousness, that she would not make me a good wife; that she is not the partner suited to me; that I should discover this within a year after marriage; and that to twelve months' rapture would succeed a lifetime of regret. This I know. Charlotte Bronte
Graham Greene quote: "God save us always,' I said 'from the innocent and the good."
God save us always,' I said 'from the innocent and the good. Graham Greene
It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound. Joseph Smith, Jr.
The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough. Terry Goodkind
Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up. Herman Melville
Saint Basil quote: "A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps..."
A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Saint Basil
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "[Italian men] are like show poodles. Sometimes they look so..."
[Italian men] are like show poodles. Sometimes they look so good I want to applaud... Elizabeth Gilbert
Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others. Baltasar Gracian
Andy Griffith quote: "Well, do a good day's work and act like somebody."
Well, do a good day's work and act like somebody. Andy Griffith
My father wears his faith like the bronze breastplate of God's footsoldiers while our mother's is more like a good cloth coat with a secondhand fit. Barbara Kingsolver
Solon quote: "No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear"
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear Solon
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish..."
I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer. Friedrich Nietzsche
Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down. Terry Prachett
Nicole Richie quote: "Everything good in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening."
Everything good in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening. Nicole Richie

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