#goodness

All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards. ↗

— Paul Karl Feyerabend

#goodness #religion #religion

Goodness, real goodness, has it's own sort of cruelty to it. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#goodness #jem #cruelty

Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism. ↗

— Criss Jami

#care #choice #empty #full #glass

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#appreciate #around #goodness #people #positive

...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. That’s why we’ve got to make sure we pass it on. ↗

— Billie Letts

#human-nature #nature

In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#happiness #optimism #trials #faith

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#each #goodness #live #lives #love

For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#goodness #hear #humans #people #please

I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness. ↗

— Shania Twain

#hope #i #lost #love #temporarily

In choosing a mate, don't pick the tallest and most handsome or the most beautiful. Don't choose one just because that person raises your physical passions. Look for the person who is good from within, the one with substance and worth. ↗

— Helen Quist Milligan

#goodness #love #relationships #beauty