“In the Classical tradition, deriving from ancient Greece and Rome, beauty was perceived as the means by which the artist captured the viewer's eye in order to engage the viewer with truth and so inspire goodness.” MeanEyeArtistOrderBeautyInspireGoodnessTraditionAncientRomeViewersGreeceCapturedAncient GreeceGreece And Rome Author:John Walford
“We are wrong to fear superiority of mind and soul; this superiority is very moral, for understanding everything makes a person tolerant and the capacity to feel deeply inspires great goodness.” FeelsMindPersonsSoulUnderstandingMoralInspireGoodnessCapacitySuperiorityUnderstanding Everything Author:Bill Vaughan
“Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within.” MenGivingShouldDoeQualityInspireGratitudeGoodnessAppearanceEquityPoliteness Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Beauty isn't what you see on TV or in magazine ads or even necessarily in art galleries. It's a lot deeper and a lot simpler than that. It's realizing the goodness of things, it's leaving the world a little better than it was before you got here. It's appreciating the inspiration of the world around you and trying to inspire others.” WorldTryingLittlesArtInspirationRealizingInspireTvsGoodnessAppreciateLeavingDeeperMagazinesAdsGalleryInspire OthersArt Galleries Book:The Onion Girl Source: The Onion Girl
“I think that because this is a moral universe, then right will prevail, goodness will prevail, compassion will prevail, laughter will prevail, love, caring, sharing will prevail. Because we are made for goodness. We are made for love.” ThinkingMadeUniverseChallengesCompassionMoralInspireGoodnessLaughterCaringProvoking Author:Desmond Tutu
“I leave pansies, the symbolic flower of freethought, in memory of the Great Agnostic, Robert Ingersoll, who stood for equality, education, progress, free ideas and free lives, against the superstition and bigotry of religious dogma. We need men like him today more than ever. His writing still inspires us and challenges the 'better angels' of our nature, when people open their hearts and minds to his simple, honest humanity. Thank goodness he was here.” PeopleMenNeedsWritingMindHeartStillsIdeasTodayHumanityChallengesReligiousMemoriesSimpleProgressHonestInspireFlowerGoodnessAngelBigotrySuperstitionsDogmaAgnosticHeart And MindSymbolicPansiesFree LifeReligious Dogma Author:Bruce Springsteen