#goodness

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants. ↗

— Henry Adams

#come #damnation #god #goodness #happy

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#art #committed #effort #evil #fatally

I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us. ↗

— Brian Behlendorf

#goodness #how #i #i think #innate

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#goodness #happiness #hope #inspirational #life

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#incrementalism #kindness #world

Ann: How does God’s character fit into things that seem totally against his character? ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#gods-goodness #suffering #trials #faith

It is not easy to explain why God permits evil; but it is impossible for an atheist to explain the existence of goodness. How could a spiritless, soul-less, cross-less, Godless universe become the center of faith, purity, sacrifice, and martyrdom? How can decency be the decent thing if there is no God? Since God is love, why should we be surprised that want of it should end in pain, hate, broken hearts, and war? ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#god #goodness #morality #faith

Knowing the Techniques of Survival........ Our fears and anxieties will often drive us to build impenetrable walls that act like blinders deflecting others and preventing us from seeing who surrounds us. Getting focused to the things that matter are the Key to what has to be to COMPLETE our MISSION. "I Had Every Excuse to Fail but I Chose None" Speak Life!!! (sky) ↗

— Sebastian K. Young

#focus #goodness #inspirational #love #sadness

On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. The soul of the murderer is blind; and there can be no true goodness nor true love without the utmost clear-sightedness. ↗

— Albert Camus

#existentialism #goodness #ignorance #the-plague #love

Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#christianity #christians #devout #devouts #goodness