Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good read more

Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.

Can one desire too much of a good thing?

Can one desire too much of a good thing?

The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it read more

The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it did, in visits
Like those of angels, short and far between.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

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.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

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.

For the cause that lacks assistance,
The wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
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For the cause that lacks assistance,
The wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I can do.