Svetlana Alliluyeva Quotes

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

Sympathy with nature is part of a good person's religion.

I don't subscribe to any particular doctrine or ideology. I just think that there's kind of a good and bad, the good being life in its purest, happiest form, and the other being the darker side of existence.

The nature of things is dharma.

Wherever you be, wherever you may, seek the truth, strive for the beautiful, achieve the good.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

That's a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals.

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise.

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

Good and bad - this is the story of my life.

As a Jew reading about Jesus, I thought, 'He's a pretty good guy.' It's the same conclusion Monty Python drew in 'Life of Brian' - if people actually live what he did, it would be a pretty good world. But Jesus and Christianity have a tenuous relationship at best.

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.

The good is the beautiful.

First, philosophy concerns itself with all kinds of issues that don't get much airtime in day-to-day life. What's the nature of reality? Can we ever truly know anything, and if so, how? What does it mean to be a moral agent? And while we're at it, is there any such thing as agency anyway?

The law of God, and also the way to life, is written in our hearts: It lieth in no man's supposition and knowing, nor in any historical opinion, but in a good will and well-doing.

Genuine religion is not about speculating about God or the soul or about what happened in the past or will happen in the future; it cares only about one thing—finding out exactly what should or should not be done in this lifetime.

The purpose of life is to bring forth goodness. Now, in this life.

Try to live as if there were a God

Nature has an economy, an elegance, a style, that if we could but emulate it we could rise out of the rubble we are making out of the planet