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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.
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.
That good diffused may more abundant grow.
That good diffused may more abundant grow.
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. read more
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and read more
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.
Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.
Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.
Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts
Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts
