Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.

Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness.

I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs!

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us.

The way of a man's heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him - coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made.

There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital for goodness and want of consideration for other people makes human beings selfish, regardless for other people's good.

He has a number of curious facts in illustration of the power of mere goodness to protect against outrage.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another.

The focus of tolerance education is to deal with the concept of equality and fairness. We need to establish confidence with children that there is more goodness than horror in this world.

Goodness means the highest degree of popularity.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.

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.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.

I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Serve the dinner backward, do anything - but for goodness sake, do something weird.

That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.