The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.
Do not wait to be perfect to start something good.
To do good needs no consideration.
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
The best is the enemy of good.
Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.
One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.
Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good.
All that is mine I carry with me.
It is through good education that all the good in the world arises.
Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
To love is to will the good of the other.
There is nothing so beautiful and legitimate as to play the man well and properly.
While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.
In this world we must be a little too good to be good enough.
Then donʼt conclude that what is not beautiful is ugly or what is not good is bad.
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
How wise must one be to be always kind.
The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
Do not have too artificial an idea of man but judge him naturally. Don't consider him too good or too bad.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Man is neither good nor bad, he is born with instincts and aptitudes.
We must observe that in each one of us there are two ruling and leading principles, which we follow whithersoever they lead; one is the innate desire for pleasures, the other an acquired opinion which strives for the best. These two sometimes agree within us and are sometimes in strife; and sometimes one, and sometimes the other has the greater power.
It is a thousand times easier to do good than to do it well.
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