“It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in networks. If I was always violent to you or gave you germs, you would cut the ties to me and the network would disintegrate. In a deep and fundamental way, networks are connected to goodness, and goodness is required for networks to emerge and spread.” IfsWayReasonWholeOur LivesCuttingGoodnessFundamentalsGood ThingsSpreadConnectedViolentTiesGerms Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“Thank goodness there are women in our lives -- that's all I can say. We get saved by the women in our lives.” I CanOur LivesGoodnessSaved Author:William P. Young
“If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.” IfsIdeasNationsOur LivesGoodnessLoyalDictionaryTrue Ones Author:Max Eastman
“If we want sincere harmony, peace and joy in our lives, we can have them, but we must be willing to do the work. We must make maintaining an awareness of our spiritual natures first in our lives. Our inner world is the architect of our external world. We don't lose faith in the goodness of life because we become angry and depressed. We become angry and depressed because we lose faith in the goodness of life.” IfsWorldWantFirstsSpiritualJoyLosesOur LivesAwarenessWillingGoodnessHarmonyAngrySincereArchitectMaintainingInner WorldPeace And JoySpiritual Nature Author:Susan L. Taylor
“That goodness is what survives death, a fundamental goodness that is in each and every one of us. The whole of our life is a teaching of how to uncover that strong goodness, and a training toward realizing it.” WholeLife IsStrongRealizingOur LivesTeachingGoodnessTrainingFundamentals Book:The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition Source: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition