“The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.” WorldWealthQualitySourceGoodnessGreedAffectionAdmireGenerosityGenerous Author:Alfred Armand Montapert
“Christianity seems at first to be all about morality, all about duties and rules and guilt and virtue, yet it leads you on, out of all that, into something beyond. One has a glimpse of a country where they do not talk of those things, except perhaps as a joke. Every one there is filled full with what we should call goodness as a mirror is filled with light. But they do not call it goodness. They do not call it anything. They are not thinking of it. They are too busy looking at the source from which it comes.” ThinkingShouldFirstsCountryLightSeemsChristianityVirtueDutySourceMoralityGoodnessJokesMirrorsFilledGuiltBusyGlimpseToo Busy Book:A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works Source: A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works
“The civilization, so often vaunted by the learned exponents of arts and sciences, will, if allowed to overleap the bounds of moderation, bring great evil upon men. Thus warneth you He Who is the All-Knowing. If carried to excess, civilization will prove as prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept within the restraints of moderation.” IfsMenArtEvilKnowingSourceCivilizationProveGoodnessBoundsExcessRestraintModerationArt And ScienceExponents Author:Bahá'u'lláh
“We all know that men and women can be good without faith. And we also know that faith is an incredibly important source of goodness in our country.” KnowsMenImportantCountryAtheismSourceGoodnessMen And WomenPositive AtheismBe GoodOur Country Author:George W. Bush
“By developing a sense of respect for others and a concern for their welfare, we reduce our own selfishness, which is the source of all problems, and enhance our sense of kindness, which is a natural source of goodness.” ProblemNaturalKindnessSourceGoodnessConcernDevelopingSelfishnessWelfareRespecting Others Author:Dalai Lama
“A source of cheerfulness to a good mind is the consideration of that Being on whom we have our dependence, and in whom, though we behold Him as yet but in the first faint discoveries of His perfections, we see everything that we can imagine as great glorious, or amiable. We find ourselves everywhere upheld by His goodness and surrounded by an immensity of love and mercy.” MindFirstsGodImagineSourceGoodnessDiscoveryPerfectionMercyGloriousConsiderationDependenceCheerfulnessImmensityAmiableGood Mind Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison
“Our only reliable source of strength is the goodness of our hearts. Our only foundation for coming to terms with the suffering of the times is our innate need to be decent human beings.” NeedsHumansHeartSufferingTermHuman BeingsSourceGoodnessFoundationDecentInnateSource Of StrengthReliable Sources Author:Sakyong Mipham
“Every aspect of your life is greatly influenced, day in and day out, by the way you imagine life to be. Imagine the best, choose the goodness, and "be a source of love and light for all to see.” WayLightLife IsImagineSourceGoodnessAspect Author:Ralph Marston
“If we strive for happiness, it's going to be elusive because things constantly happen with human beings that disrupt that happiness. But if you focus on euphoros, the Greek word for "the bearer of goodness," you will be inhabited by the divine source of life.” IfsHumansHappensHuman BeingsFocusDivineSourceGoodnessStriveGreekElusiveSource Of Life Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos