Todo acto de bondad es una demostración de poderío.

Buscando el bien de nuestros semejantes, encontramos el nuestro.

No puedes obligarte a ti mismo a sentir algo que no sientes, pero si puedes obligarte a hacer el bien, a pesar de lo que sientes

El único símbolo de superioridad que conozco es la bondad.

El bien que hemos hecho nos da una satisfacción interior, que es la más dulce de todas las pasiones.

Bueno es dar cuando nos piden; pero mejor es dar sin que nos pidan, como buenos entendedores.

La bondad es la única inversión que nunca quiebra.

Sobre todo sé bueno: la bondad, más que ninguna otra cosa, es lo que mejor desarma a los hombres.

Un acto de bondad es por sí mismo un acto de felicidad.

Dar la felicidad y hacer el bien, he ahí nuestra ley, nuestra ancla de salvación, nuestro faro, nuestra razón de ser.

La alegría de hacer bien está en sembrar, no en recoger.

La bondad es lo que importa, pues es el bálsamo que pone un poco de suavidad en cualquier amarga llaga

No debemos lamentar nunca el tiempo que hemos empleado en proceder bien.

Si hago una buena obra, me siento bien; y si obro mal, me encuentro mal. Esta es mi religión.

Son las almas bellas las únicas que saben lo que hay de grande en la bondad

Una prueba de la propia bondad está en confiar en la bondad de los demás.

Una de las ventajas de las buenas acciones es la de elevar el alma y disponerla a hacer otras mejores.

La humanidad habría desaparecido hace mucho tiempo si la bondad no habitara en los seres humanos

El bien es lento porque va cuesta arriba. El mal es rápido porque va cuesta abajo.

Querer llegar a ser bueno es gran parte de la bondad.

Que el hombre sea noble, caritativo y bueno, puesto que sólo esto lo distingue de todos los otros seres.

Cuando veas un hombre bueno, piensa en imitarlo; cuando veas uno malo, examina tu propio corazón.

El mejor homenaje que puede tributarse a las personas buenas es imitarlas.

La ciencia moderna aún no ha producido un medicamento tranquilizador tan eficaz como lo son unas pocas palabras bondadosas.

Nadie puede hacer el bien en un espacio de su vida, mientras hace daño en otro. La vida es un todo indivisible.

I mean, every thought starts over, so every expression of a thought has to do the same. every accuracy has to be invented... I feel I am blundering in concepts too fine for me.

That's so important for children when they're growing up, to have a strong male role model.

The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.

Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.

Reading should be a pleasure, not a chore.

I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck.

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

I want to age with some dignity.

Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.

I was always a happy and loving person. Many would say that I was living an idyllic life.

As a competitor, you want to be out there in the fire with your teammates.

Too often, when people are in trouble they look for scapegoats.

Early human thought proceeded by metaphor.

An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a gradual bringing together of all the separate threads of the plot. To see all of it coming together slowly is very rewarding for the audience.

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.

I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things we take off the planet. We need to have limiters on how far we allow ourselves to go - ethical, moral limiters.

Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.

It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.

I think films about men are often about characters who don't want to express their feelings. You're supposed to kind of admire them for not expressing their feelings. And I feel that's a bit dull. Women's stories often have stronger emotional content, which I enjoy doing. What I really love doing is mixing that with humor.

I had a lumpectomy. It wasn't that bad. Six and a half weeks of radiation.

Obama hasn't passed a budget in four years, he's a wuss. Obama has rejected the recommendation of his own Simpson-Bowles, on a budget package, he's a wuss. He wants to lead from behind, he's a wuss!

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.