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  2. A good person can put himself in the place of a bad person more easily than a bad person can put himself in the place of a good person.

  3. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

  4. A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.

  5. All other goodness is generally nothing but indolence or impotence of will.

  6. All strangers and beggars are from God, and a gift, though small, is precious.

  7. Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.

  8. An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness.

  9. And whatever injures society at large, or any individual, in it - this is my measure of iniquity.

 10. As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

 11. As the branches of a tree return their sap to the root, from whence it arose; as a river poureth its streams to the sea, whence its spring was supplied; so the heart of a grateful man delighteth in returning a benefit received.

 12. As the purpose is emptied the heart is filled.

 13. As the rose breatheth sweetness from its own nature, so the heart of a benevolent man produceth good works.

 14. Ask thyself, daily, to how many ill-minded persons thou hast shown a kind disposition.

 15. Be charitable and indulgent to every one but thyself.

 16. Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

 17. Be honest to those who are honest, And be also honest to those who are not honest.

 18. Better is the enemy of good.

 19. But even with instinctive sincerity, action must be in accord with the will of heaven.

 20. Charity performed at an improper place and time and given to unworthy persons without respect and with contempt is charity in the mode of ignorance.

 21. Charity suffereth long and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

 22. Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.

 23. Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.

 24. Do good to thy Friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.

 25. Every good act is charity.

 26. For riches roll like the wheels of a chariot, turning from one to another.

 27. For the cause that lacks The wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do.

 28. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

 29. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just.

 30. Giving is true having.

 31. Good and evil, we know, in the field of this world grow uptogether almost inseparably.

 32. Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

 33. Goodness is beauty in its best estate.

 34. Goodness is love in action. It is noble to be good.

 35. Goodness is the greatest virtue. Every good deed is a grain of seed for immortality or eternal life.

 36. Goodness is the only investment which never fails.

 37. Goodness is the race which God hath set him to run, and happiness the goal; which none can arrive at till he hath finished his course, and received his crown in the mansions of eternity.

 38. He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

 39. He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.

 40. He who loves goodness harbors angels, reveres reverence, and lives with God.

 41. He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.

 42. He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

 43. Heaven endows man with innate goodness. Instinctive devotion to this spirit leads to success, though conscious purpose jeopardizes nature's innocence.

 44. I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

 45. I have found men more kind than I expected, and less just.

 46. I know and love the good, yet ah! the worst pursue.

 47. I prefer much rather to be called good than fortunate.

 48. If a man is slow in doing good, his mind finds pleasure in evil.

 49. If I knew...that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

 50. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it is bad art.

 51. If you disclose your alms, even then it is well done, but if you keep them secret, and give them to the poor, then that is better still for you; and this wipes off from you some of your evil deeds.

 52. If you lend money, it is uncertain whether you shall be repaid; but if you bestow alms, though they be small, Your return will be a hundred-fold

 53. If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

 54. If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

 55. It is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence and turn upon the poles of truth.

 56. It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

 57. It is not goodness to be better than the very worst.

 58. It stays in the lowly places which others despise.

 59. Kindness gives birth to kindness. Just as a man who has long been far away is welcomed with joy on his safe return by his relatives, well-wishers and friends; in the same way the good works of a man in his life welcome him in another life, with the joy of a friendmeeting a friend on his return.

 60. Kindness in giving creates love.

 61. Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another. A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

 62. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

 63. Kindness in words creates confidence.

 64. Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read.

 65. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

 66. Let not the fierce sun dry one tear of pain before thyself hast wiped it from the sufferer's eye.

 67. Let the stronger man give to the man whose need is greater; let him gaze upon the lengthening path of life.

 68. Life is mostly froth and bubble; two things stand like stone: kindness in another's trouble, courage in our own.

 69. Look around the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

 70. Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies.

 71. Make haste and do what is good; keep your mind away from evil.

 72. Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.

 73. Never are noble spirits Poor while their like survive; Pure love has gems to render, And virtue wealth to give.

 74. Never is lost or wasted The goodness of the good... Prayer carries us half-way to God, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms-giving procures us admission.

 75. No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first.

 76. No man deserves to be praised for his goodness unless he hast he strength of character to be wicked.

 77. No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

 78. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

 79. Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme.

 80. Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

 81. One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in Liquidity.

 82. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

 83. Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

 84. Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy? If you always give You will always have.

 85. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful.

 86. That best portion of a good man's life, His little nameless, unremembered actsOf kindness and of love.

 87. That gift which is given out of duty, at the proper time and place, to a worthy person, and without expectation of return, is considered to be charity in the mode of goodness.

 88. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it.

 89. The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

 90. The highest goodness is like water.

 91. The spirit of the world has four kinds of spirits diametrically opposed to charity: resentment, aversion, jealousy, and indifference.

 92. The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

 93. There is dew in one flower and not in another, because one opens its cup and takes it in, while the other closes itself, and the drops run off. God rains His goodness and mercy as widespread as the dew, and if we lack them, it is because we will not open our hearts to receive them.

 94. There is many a good man to be found under a shabby hat.

 95. There is no man so good who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the law, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

 96. There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it hardly becomes any of us To talk about the rest of us.

 97. Therefore it is near The Eternal.

 98. There's no dearth of kindness In this world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.

 99. Thus goodness is attained.

100. Thus honesty is attained... Love thy neighbour as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries.

101. To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

102. To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

103. Treat those who are good with goodness, And also treat those who are not good with goodness.

104. Water benefits all things and does not compete.

105. We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

106. We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

107. Whatever mitigates the woes or increases the happiness of others - this is my criterion of goodness.

108. When giving nothing, even your own family will leave.

109. Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.

110. Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.

111. With gifts, you may gather your enemies about you.