“What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.”
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“If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.”
“Better is the enemy of good.”
“Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.”
“A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.”
“If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.”
“It's always good to be underestimated.”
“When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.”
“Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.”
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”
“Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.”
“When one has not had a good father, one must create one.”
“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”
“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.”
“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
“In art the best is good enough.”
“The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.”
“I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”