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“The refuge from pessimism is the good men and women at any time existing in the world, -they keep faith and happiness alive.”

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Charles Eliot Norton

Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, scholar, and translator, known for his research on British literature and his influence on American literature. Born on November 16, 1827, he passed away on October 21, 1908. more

“Morality has been conceived up to the present in a very narrow spirit, as obedience to a law, as inner struggle between opposite laws. As for me, I declare that when I do good I obey no one, I fight no battle and win no victory. The cultivated person has only to follow the delicious incline of his or her inner impulses. Be beautiful and then do at each moment whatever your heart may inspire you to do. This is the whole of morality.”

Heart May Persons Has Beens Whole Moments Beautiful Law Spirit Fighting Winning Struggle Inspire Victory Morality Battle Goodness Opposites Obedience Impulse Delicious Incline Inner Struggle

Author:Ernest Renan

“It is very difficult to know exactly what good should come out of a particular situation. To attempt to manipulate circumstances so your idea of good can come about, is to let the ego play God-and that, as you know, can and does backfire.”

Knows Should Doe Ideas Play Difficult Situation Particular Circumstances Ego Goodness Manipulate Backfire

Author:Neem Karoli Baba

“I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.”

Believe Goodness Consequence Deeds Disappear Good Deeds

Author:Desmond Tutu

“I have often said that a person who wishes to begin a good life should be like one who draws a circle. Let him or her get the center in the right place and keep it so and the circumference will be good.”

Should Persons Said Wish Goodness Draws Be Good Circles Good Life Right Place

Author:Meister Eckhart

“The power generated of ten minds for good is superior to that of ten thousand minds acting on a lower motive. But it is a silent power. It moves in mysterious ways. It is noiseless. It makes no show of open opposition. It uses no methods of effort through tongue or arm or physical force.”

Source: Your Forces And How To Use Them (Complete Annotated Edition)

“Good will is a power that can be used every day of the year and every hour of the day. It is instantly available. By continuously practicing good will we cultivate a deep subconscious habit of good will. It becomes a pattern of our response in all situations. Good will works as silently as the sun and with as much power. It thaws the ice and snow of resistance and indifference. It warms and wins human hearts. It draws forth the best in others as flowers are drawn from the soil. It stimulates growth.”

“Nothing is rarer than real goodness.”

Real Goodness

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“You'll always have to deal with bastards, being lied to, deceived, slandered and ridiculed, but that's to be expected and you must thank heaven when you meet the exception.”

Heaven Deals Goodness Expected Exception Deceived Lied Being Lied

Author:Gustave Flaubert

“Dedication to goodness-dedication in response to an inner moral mandate rather than external restraint-was both the antidote to the pain and the source of great happiness.”

Pain Moral Source Goodness Response Dedication Restraint Antidote Great Happiness Mandates

Book:Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness

Source: Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness

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