Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes

I am a person who believes in the good of people and who may have had things influence them to a certain degree, but deep down I think most people are good and would like to be good.

I believe in people. Human beings, deep down, are essentially good. Any jury can filter through whatever bull might be thrown their way and use common sense to get to the truth of a case. Juries make the right decisions, almost unfailingly, because people know right from wrong.

My own belief is that most people are trying to do their best. It doesn't mean they have no nasty side, or that they don't have a bad temper, or that they have never done anything they feel ashamed of. But fiction operates on people waking up trying to be horrible, and I don't think most people are trying to be horrible.

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

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

The truth is that goodness is hardwired in humanity.

I can find some part of me that relates to even the most evil characters. At least in my imagination.

I believe there's good in everybody.

My theory is that humans aren't really bad; we all do bad things, but being bad is not our natural state. You're acting out of fear, lack of understanding, compassion, but essentially communication. Human beings are made of love, an overwhelming desire to love. When we communicate, we exist in our natural state.

People are inherently good. Our souls are magnificent and capable of extraordinary performance.

Perhaps everything terrifying is deep down a helpless thing that needs our help.

Inside all people there is love, also the need to take care of the other man who is his brother. Inside everyone is a savage, but there is also happening tenderness and compassion.

Personally I don't believe in bad people. I think there's always a reason for people acting badly.

I always think that, even when people behave badly, if you like something deep inside them, then there is a tiny bit of nobility - they wish they could be good.

I don't believe in good people and bad people. I believe in the better parts of people.

They are inherently good - the bad reactions aren't basic. Every human being is a child of God and has more good in him than evil - but circumstances and associates can step up the bad and reduce the good. I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.

Every man has the basis of good. Not only human beings, you can find it among animals and insects, for instance, when we treat a dog or horse lovingly.

It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.

Only friendliness produces friendship. And we must look far deeper into the soul of man for the thing that produces friendliness.

No person can ever know everything that is in the heart of another. We are all Face Dancers in our souls.

I am a firm believer that the pull for human beings is towards the good, generally outweighing the bad.

Until we have seen someone's darkness, we don't really know who they are. Until we have forgiven someone's darkness, we don't really know what love is.

You don't love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love.

He can kill anything for need but he could not even hurt a feeling for pleasure.