Good Quotes

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

Fine buildings, fine pictures and books and everything that is beautiful are certainly signs of civilization. But an even better sign is a fine man who is unselfish and works with others for the good of all. To work together is better than to work singly, and to work together for the common good is best of all.

We talk about a secular state in India. It is perhaps not very easy even to find a good word in Hindi for "secular". Some people think it means something opposed to religion. That obviously is not correct. What it means is that it is state which honours all faiths equally and gives them equal opportunities; that, as a state, it does not allow itself to be attached to one faith or religion, which then becomes the state religion.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say: "Obey! Clench your teeth and obey!" And all good and evil shall be drowned in obedience to him.

For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil.

The good displeases us when we are not up to it.

Every high degree of power always involves a corresponding degree of freedom from good and evil.

One must repay good and ill; but why just to the person who did us good or ill?

There is an old illusion. It is called good and evil.

Narrow souls I cannot abide; There's almost no good or evil inside.

Whatever harm the evil may do, the harm done by the good is the most harmful harm.