Sergey Brin Quotes

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.

Power to do good is the true and lawful act of aspiring; for good thoughts (though God accept them), yet towards men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in act; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.

So far any one shuns evils, so far as he does good.

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

It's better to die doing good than to live doing evil.

By doing good we become good.

When "Do no Evil" has been understood, Then learn the harder, braver rule, "Do Good.

Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

Evil is not interesting. What is it, chopping off someone's head? We used to do that as kids, you know, you tear up paper dolls and stuff. I know everyone's done it in the history of the world, but maybe everybody was dumb and they were just looking for something interesting to do. What's really interesting and hard is being good.

I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.

If we can refrain from harming others in our actions & words, we can start to give serious attention to actively doing good.

Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.

If you do right, everything will come out right.

It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.

We can do more good by being good, than in any other way.

It is by doing good that we become good.

In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish; and of all things afraid of being too much in the right. But theworks of malice and injustice are quite in another style. They are finished with a bold, masterly hand; touched as they are with the spirit of those vehement passions that call forth all our energies, whenever we oppress and persecute.

The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.

I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do. If I commit fewer bad acts there will be fewer bad acts, maybe other people will join in committing fewer bad acts, and in time there will be fewer and fewer of them.

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.