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It is good to have an end to journey towards;
but it is the journey that matters in the end.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
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I had forgotten how much light there is in the world,
'til you gave it back to me.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
It is above all by the imagination
that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There's a point... when you have to choose
whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life,
or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
To be oneself is a rare thing, and a great one.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
There are no right answers to wrong questions.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
It is the journey that matters, in the end
- Ursula K. Le Guin
To oppose something is to maintain it.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Though I am a servant, I am not your servant.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Love doesn't just sit there like a stone;
it has to be made,like bread,
remade all the time, made new.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
He who can no longer pause to wonder
and stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead;
his eyes are closed.
- Albert Einstein
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.
- Marianne Williamson
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke
Write your Sad times in Sand,
Write your Good times in Stone.
- George Bernard Shaw
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
Our prayers should be for blessings in general,
for God knows best what is good for us.
- Socrates
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you and persecute you.
- Matthew 5:44
A true friend is someone who
thinks that you are a good egg
even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked.
- Bernard Meltzer
Treat those who are good with goodness,
and also treat those who are not good with goodness.
Thus goodness is attained.
Be honest to those who are honest,
and be also honest to those who are not honest.
Thus honesty is attained.
- Lao Tzu
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
A man who was completely innocent,
offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others,
including his enemies,
and became the ransom of the world.
It was a perfect act.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Your worst days are never so bad
that you are beyond the reach of God's grace.
And your best days are never so good
that you are beyond the need of God's grace.
- Anonymous
It all comes to this:
the simplest way to be happy is to do good.
- Helen Keller
Love Your Enemies
Ye have heard that it hath been said,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
- Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 5:43-44)
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others,
you should put a good deal of thought
into the happiness that you are able to give.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
There is a power for good in the universe
greater than you are and you can use it.
- Ernest Holmes
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
- Mother Teresa
If you have a particular faith or religion,
that is good. But you can survive without it.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was:
"If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?"
But... the good Samaritan reversed the question:
"If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
There is more value in a very good painting
that is completed and on display,
than in an excellent painting
that is still in the artist's studio,
or perhaps still in his mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
Faith is trusting in the good.
Fear is putting your trust in the bad.
- Rhonda Byrne
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank
By having a reverence for life,
we enter into a spiritual relation with the world.
By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
- Albert Schweitzer
A sense of humor... is needed armor.
Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips
is a sign that the person down deep
has a pretty good grasp of life.
- Hugh Sidey
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours.
- Irish Blessing
I do not concern myself with gods and spirits
either good or evil, nor do I serve any.
- Lao Tzu
Be careful not to do your good deeds
when there's no one watching you.
- Tom Lehrer
If the problem can be solved,
there is no use worrying about it.
If it can't be solved,
worrying will do no good.
- Tibetan proverb
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life
comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
- Robert A. Heinlein
As you discover your daily good,
and believe in it, and think about it,
expect it to continue.
- Ernest Holmes
Start living now.
Stop saving the good china
for that special occasion.
Stop withholding your love
until that special person materializes.
Every day you are alive is a special occasion.
Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
- Mary Manin Morrissey
For me, the most powerful expressions of true Christianity
in this material world are an unconditional love of all humans,
and an uncompromising commitment to caring for all
who are sick, infirm, or troubled -
as expressed in the biblical story of the Good Samaritan.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Self-care is critical to having a strong inner foundation.
Taking good care of YOU means the people in your life
will receive the best of you rather than what is left of you.
- Lorraine Cohen
Play to win, but be a good loser.
Have a plan for your life,
but accept whatever comes your way
with grace and gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression
and cruelty by the bad people
but the silence over that by the good people.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
To be a beneficial presence in the world,
cultivate a conscious awareness of your unity with Spirit.
Expect good in your own life.
Desire good for all others as well.
See and affirm abundant blessings of peace,
health, and plenty for everyone.
Align your thoughts with peace and happiness,
and realize that these qualities are your true nature.
- Kathy Juline
There is a good ear, in some men,
that draws supplies to virtue
out of very indifferent nutriment.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!
How much you can love!
What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
- Anne Frank
There is no goodness in attempting to coerce
another person into performing a good deed.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Be not merely good; be good for something.
- Henry David Thoreau
Merely to avoid harming others is not enough.
Earn your place in this world by doing good.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A man's good name is his best monument
- from an old churchyard at Lockerbie, Scotland
Far from idleness being the root of all evil,
it is rather the only true good.
- Soren Kierkegaard
The only good luck many great men ever had was
being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
- Channing Pollock
This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not enough to have a good mind,
the main thing is to use it well.
- Rene Descartes
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
Anyone who proposes to do good
must not expect people to roll stones out of his way,
but must accept his lot calmly,
even if they roll a few stones upon it.
- Albert Schweitzer
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything,
I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- Anne Frank
Great and good are seldom the same man.
- Winston Churchill
"Good morning!" he said at last.
"We don't want any adventures here, thank you!
You might try over The Hill or across The Water."
- J. R. R. Tolkien
Not life, but good life,
is to be chiefly valued.
- Socrates
About morals: I know only that
what is moral is what you feel good after
and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
- Ernest Hemingway
Good humor is the health of the soul,
sadness is its poison.
- Lord Chesterfield
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