#goodness

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#god #goodness #humanity #justice #kindness

Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#goodness #laughter #laugh

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. ↗

— Mae West

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Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#simplicity #truth #simplicity

Be good and you will be lonesome. ↗