It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Mahatma GandhiTag: activism goodness fruit action make-a-difference
The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.
Daniel WebsterTag: evil goodness government
Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:
- I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
- I shall fear only God.
- I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
- I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
- I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.
Tag: kindness humanity justice peace god goodness bravery suffering
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
William ShakespeareTag: life inspirational world humanity goodness light good-deeds
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Desmond TutuTag: kindness goodness incrementalism
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
Leo TolstoyTag: wisdom lies beauty goodness self-deception delusion
If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.
Fyodor DostoevskyTag: laughter goodness character
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
George OrwellTag: philosophy humour goodness human-nature
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
Leo TolstoyTag: truth goodness simplicity
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Marcus AureliusTag: integrity goodness doing-right
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