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A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein read more
A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange,
Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
Be good and you will be lonesome
Be good and you will be lonesome
Who soweth good seed shall surely reap;
The year grows rich as it groweth old,
And life's read more
Who soweth good seed shall surely reap;
The year grows rich as it groweth old,
And life's latest sands are its sands of gold!
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to
men.
[Lat., Homines read more
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to
men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem
hominibus dando.]
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
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.
