“Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.” MenCommonVirtueGoodnessRegardDressesReputationDecentHypocrisyCostumesBad Reputation Book:Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker Source: Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker
“One whose chief regard is for his own mind, and for the divinity within him and the service of its goodness, will strike no poses, utter no complaints, and crave neither for solitude nor yet for a crowd. Best of all, his life will be free from continual pursuing and avoiding.” LifeMindSolitudeGoodnessRegardCrowdsStrikesChiefsDivinityComplaintsAvoidingCrave Author:Marcus Aurelius
“I will keep faith with death in my heart... For the sake of goodness, for the sake of love, Let no man's heart be ruled by death... The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life; to regard it, with the understanding and the .emotions, as the inviolable condition of life.” ThinkingMenWayHeartUnderstandingReligiousEmotionConditionsMy HeartGoodnessRegardSakeSympathyKeep The FaithParcel Author:Thomas E. Mann
“... believing in a God whom we cannot but regard as evil, and then, in mere terrified flattery calling Him 'good' and worshipping him is a still greater danger... The ultimate question is whether the doctrine of the goodness of God or that of the inerrancy of scripture is to prevail when they conflict. I think the doctrine of the goodness of God is the more certain of the two. Indeed, only that doctrine renders this worship of Him obligatory or even permissable.” ThinkingBelieveStillsTwoCertainEvilGreaterDangerCallingConflictGoodnessWorshipUltimateRegardMereScriptureDoctrineTerrifiedFlatteryGoodness Of GodUltimate Questions Author:C. S. Lewis
“The demands of Jesus are difficult just because they require us to do something extraordinary. At the same time he asks us to regard these as something usual, ordinary.” AsksJesusDifficultDemandGoodnessOrdinaryRegardExtraordinaryUsual Author:Albert Schweitzer
“The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.” YearsHappinessGoodnessRegardCheerfulCheerfulness Author:Christian Nestell Bovee