Realise there is inherent goodness in you

• … when we touch our truest selves, we touch the Divine. There is wisdom within us, greater than the foolishness in which we so often live. There is a virtue within us, greater than the vice we so often commit. There is kindness within us, greater than the meanness we so often express. But most of all, deep within us there is unbounded love. These attributes exist at the center of every human being because every human being is made in the image of God. This essential ingredient of our nature is a deeper and truer and more real part of us than any lesser nature that infects our souls after the fact. Doug Hammack
• Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own good. Pablo Casals
• I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being. Hafiz of Shiraz
• Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig. Marcus Aurelius
• Spirituality is natural goodness. God is not a person; God is a presence personified in us. Spirituality is not a thing; it is the atmosphere of God’s Presence, goodness, truth, and beauty. Ernest Holmes
• When you learn to embrace your self with a sense of appreciation and affection, you begin to glimpse the goodness and light that is in you and gradually you will realize that you are worthy of respect from yourself. John O’Donohue
• You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you. Eckhart Tolle

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Virtue is about tapping into the goodness within

• Virtue sounds lofty, but it’s actually down to earth. It simply means living from your innate goodness, guided by principle. When you are virtuous no matter what other people do, their behavior is not controlling you. Rick Hanson
• You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you. Eckhart Tolle
• Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own good. Pablo Casals
• When I am inherently connected to what I truly am (inner being), I no longer need to try to live a moral and good life. The inherent goodness at the core of my true Being flows spontaneously from me, blessing the world as it does. Anthony Lambert

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See the goodness in you, and you’ll see more goodness in the world around you

• “Why is everyone here so happy except me?” “Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere,” said the Master. “Why don’t I see goodness and beauty everywhere?” “Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.” Anthony De Mello
• Salvation is seeing that the universe is good and becoming a part of that goodness. Arthur G. Clutton-Brock
• Experience has convinced me that there is a thousand times more goodness, wisdom, and love in the world than men imagine. Gehles
• Through each passage and each season, may you trust the goodness of life. Charlene Costanzo

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Have the courage to act on the inherent goodness inside you

• The answer to helplessness is not so very complicated. A person can do something for peace without having to jump into politics. Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness.  If we listen to it and act on it, we are giving a great deal of what the world needs most.  It is not complicated but it takes courage.  It takes courage for a person to listen to his or her own goodness and act on it.  Do we dare to be ourselves?  This is the question that counts.  Pablo Casals

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Believe that people are inherently good at heart

• I believe that even bad people are truly good at heart. Anne Frank
• Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances. Saint Vincent de Paul
• I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. Anne Frank
• Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downward. Mencius
• I always prefer to believe the best of everybody – it saves so much trouble. Rudyard Kipling
• Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There’s an inherent goodness in most people. Don’t pre- judge people – that was me Mam’s advice anyway. Sean Bean

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Help others to see that goodness in themselves

• The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. Benjamin Disraeli
• Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness. Michel de Montaigne
• To love someone is to acknowledge the goodness of who they are. Through loving a person, we awaken their awareness of their own innate goodness. It is as though they cannot know how worthy they are until they look into the mirror of our love and see themselves. John Gray

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Seeing the goodness in others helps you see it in yourself

• Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness. Michel de Montaigne