Good Quotes

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.

Whatever you are be a good one.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding because it's just its own reward. It's sort of like heaven.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something sometime in your life.

When I do good I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. That's my religion.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Love sought is good but given unsought is better.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gates open.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one - it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.

...for the lesser evil is reckoned a good, in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen, than the greater...

By all means marry. If you get a good wife you'll become happy, if you get a bad one you'll become a philosopher.

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on I go to the library and read a good book.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.