goodness Quotes

Happiness is the highest good

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... ...

Now the soul of man is divided into two parts, one of which has a rational principle in itself, and the other, not having a rational principle in itself, is able to obey such a principle. And we call a... ...

True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.

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.

We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness.

“The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.”

"How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will."