Henry David Thoreau Quotes

No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.

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

On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

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

Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

Bad company corrupts good character.

I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.

Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

There are more honest people and more good people than there are thieves and bad people. It's just always been that way.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

There ain't any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.

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

The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good.

The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.

The good is the beautiful.