"Order is not goodness; but perhaps it is the indispensable road to arrive at it."
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"The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He prizes the most, was the freedom of will, with which the creatures with intelligence, they all and they alone, were and are endowed."
"Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness"
"In this world, goodness is destined to be defeated."
"Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God."
"God saves us because He loves us. It has nothing to do with our goodness or nobility, our achievements or agility. Our salvation depends completely upon our Savior."
"All wholesome food is caught without a net or trap."
"Once you savor God's goodness, sin holds no lasting appeal."
"There's no such thing as a bad Picasso, but some are less good than others."
"I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human."
"Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody."
"The largest part of goodness is the will to become good."
"I know no other sign of superiority than Goodness."
"There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness."
"Oh. To be filled with goodness then shattered by goodness, so beautifully mosaically fragmented by such shocking goodness."
"YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOOD TO YOURSELF, BUT THE CAUSE OF GOODNESS IN OTHERS"
"And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone"
"Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked."
"The surest way to bring goodness to yourself is to make it your intention to do good for somebody else."
"When a man is ill his very goodness is sickly."