Bertolt Brecht Quotes

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Being a 'good man' is something you do, not something you are.

I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.

As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Virtue is harmony.

What is the purpose of our might if we do not use it for good.

It is by doing good that we become good.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Being a good person and fair person is very important in life, I think.

The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say, 'Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.'

You can know a person is a good person or a bad person by who they are, not by what they look like.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.

Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?

I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.