When a good man

"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."

~Euripides

The ultimate choice

"The ultimate choice for a man, in as much as he is given to transcend himself, is to create or destroy, to love or to hate."

~Erich Fromm

I object

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent."

~Mahatma Gandhi

Don't bother

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."

~William Faulkner

No man chooses evil

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."

~Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

If you seek

If you seek to aid everyone that suffers in the galaxy, you will only weaken yourself … and weaken them. It is the internal struggles, when fought and won on their own, that yield the strongest rewards… If you care for others, then dispense with pity and sacrifice and recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles."

―Darth Traya, Star Wars

Beggars

Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them.

~Friedrich Nietzsche

Good judgment

Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

~Will Rogers

When choosing

When choosing between two evils,
I always like to try the one I haven't tried before.

~Mae West

When I'm good

When I'm good, I'm very good.
When I'm bad I'm better.

~Mae West

We who lived

"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."

~Viktor E. Frankl

A good intention

"A good intention clothes itself with power."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Forgiveness is better

Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature.

~Epictetus

The fair request

The fair request ought to be followed by the deed, in silence.

- Dante Alighieri

He who sees a need

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.

- Dante Alighieri

O conscience

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

~Dante Alighieri

If the present world

If the present world go astray,
the cause is in you,
in you it is to be sought.

~Dante Alighieri

You do not become good

"You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge."

— Eckhart Tolle

There is no way

There is no way
To achieve goodness
Without offering it first.

~ Sri Chinmoy

Our goal while on this earth

"Our goal while on this earth is to transcend our illusions and discover the innate power of our spirit. We are responsible for what we create, and we must therefore learn to act and think with love and wisdom and live in service to others and all life."

~ Caroline Myss