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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.
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without read more
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
That good diffused may more abundant grow.
That good diffused may more abundant grow.
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.
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.]
There shall never be one lost good! What was shall live as
before;
The evil is null, is read more
There shall never be one lost good! What was shall live as
before;
The evil is null, is nought, is silence implying sound;
What was good shall be good, with, for evil, so much good more;
On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
Can one desire too much of a good thing?
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.