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The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.
The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the read more
This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is
good and to grieve at the opposite.
[Lat., Ergo hoc proprium est animi bene constituti, et laetari
bonis rebus, et dolere contrariis.]
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would read more
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts
Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less read more
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.