“Nature never gives to a living thing capacities not particularly meant for its benefit and use. If Nature gives to us capacities to believe that we have a Creator whom we never saw, of whom we have no direct proof, who is kind and good and tender beyond all that we know of kindness and goodness and tenderness on earth, it is because the endowment of capacities to conceive a Being must be for our benefit and use; it would not be for our benefit and use if it were a lie.” IfsKnowsGivingBelieveKindUseEarthLyingReligionChristianityKindnessSawsGoodnessBenefitsCapacityDirectCreatorProofTendernessLiving ThingsEndowment Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do no harm, and does not refrain from them. Hence, his wickedness becomes so great that it cannot be concealed, and his guilt so great that it cannot be pardoned.” ThinkingMenDoeEvilGoodnessBenefitsGuiltDeedsHarmWickednessConcealedRefrainSmall ManSmall ActsSmall Deeds Author:Confucius
“True resignation, which always brings with it the confidence that unchangeable goodness will make even the disappointment of our hopes, and the contradictions of life, conducive to some benefit, casts a grave but tranquil light over the prospect of even a toilsome and troubled life.” LightGoodnessBenefitsCastsDisappointmentGravesContradictionResignationTranquilUnchangeable Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt
“If I had a friend and loved him because of the benefits which this brought me and because of getting my own way, then it would not be my friend that I loved but myself. I should love my friend on account of his own goodness and virtues and account of all that he is in himself. Only if I love my friend in this way do I love him properly.” IfsWayShouldMy OwnVirtueGoodnessBenefitsMy FriendsAccountsI Love HimI Love My Friends Author:Meister Eckhart
“The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.” WorldWholeChurchJusticeDivineCommunicationGoodnessBenefitsApproachTheatreWhole WorldIntimateDisplayOrchestraCondescending Book:John Calvin's Commentaries On The Psalms 119 - 150 (Annotated Edition) Source: John Calvin's Commentaries On The Psalms 119 - 150 (Annotated Edition)
“No matter how many toys we amass we leave them behind when we die, just as we leave a broken environment, an economy that only benefits the richest, and a legacy of empowering greed over goodness. It is now time to commit to following a new path.” MatterDiesBehindsEconomyPathEnvironmentBrokenGoodnessBenefitsGreedFollowingCommitLegacyEmpoweringToysNew Paths Author:John Perkins
“The best thing about saying thank goodness in place of thank God this that here really are lots of ways of repaying your debt of goodness - by setting to create more of it, for the benefit of those to come.” WayReligionGoodnessBenefitsDebtSettingSettingsBest ThingsThank GodRepaying Author:Daniel Dennett
“I look around the world and see so many wonderful things that I love and enjoy and benefit from, whether it's art or music or clothing or food and all the rest. And I'd like to add a little to that goodness.” WorldLooksLittlesArtEnjoyWonderfulAtheismGoodnessBenefitsAddAtheistAround The WorldClothingsWonderful Things Author:Daniel Dennett