Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

One may not doubt that, somehow Good
Shall come of Water and of Mud;
And sure, the read more

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.

For all their luxury was doing good.

For all their luxury was doing good.

For the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
Do all the good you can,
To all the people you read more

For the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
Do all the good you can,
To all the people you can,
In all the ways you can,
As long as ever you can.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

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

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

Can one desire too much of a good thing?

Can one desire too much of a good thing?

A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein read more

A good man, through obscurest aspirations
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
[Ger., Ein guter Mensch, in seinem dunkeln Drange,
Ist sich des rechten Weges sohl bewusst.]