goodness Quotes

Happiness is something final and complete in itself, as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever .... Happiness then we define as the active exercise of the mind in conformity with perfect goodness or virtue.

for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use

... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and actually become bad through each other's influence). But the friendship of the good is good, and increases in... ...

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to... ...

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

All good qualities are summarized by acting fairly.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions

From philosophy, I learned to do good deeds without being told, while others only do them out of fear of the law.

There are, then, these three means of effecting persuasion. The man who is to be in command of them must, it is clear, be able (1) to reason logically, (2) to understand human character and goodness in their various forms,... ...