All Quotes By Tag: Good

“Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.”

“An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes.”

“Most of us have learned to be dispassionate about evil, to look it in the face and find, as often as not, our own grinning reflections with which we do not argue, but good is another matter. Few have stared at that long enough to accept that its face too is grotesque, that in us the good is something under construction. The modes of evil usually receive worthy expression. The modes of good have to be satisfied with a cliche or a smoothing down that will soften their real look.”

“You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.”

“It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.”

“There are only two forces at work in this world- black and white. Only people are grey.”

“When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad.”

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.”

“I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he’d see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I’d ever done…I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn’t. There is none.”

“I can learn to live with guilt. I don’t care about being good.”

“I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.”

“The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through our fingers.”

“People aren’t born good or bad. Maybe they’re born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”