Good
"The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours." - Akhenaton
"There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more." - Woody Allen
"Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing." - Francis Bacon
"Evil and good are God's right hand and left." - Gamaliel Bailey
"Good order is the foundation of all good things." - Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
"Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good." - KARL BARTH, Christian Community
"He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer." - WILLIAM BLAKE, Jerusalem
"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." - STEPHEN GRELLET, attributed
"Good, the more
"There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life." - MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE, Essays
"It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way." - JOHN MORLEY, On Compromise
"Tis only noble to be good.
"No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death." - Plato (c428-348 B.C.) in 'Dialogues', Apology, 41
Communicated, more abundant grows."
- JOHN MILTON, Paradise Lost
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood."
- ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, Lady Clara Vere de Vere