Hidden Virtue Quotes

The bad are frequently good enough to let you see how bad they are, but the good as frequently endeavor to get between you and themselves.

We live in an age which is so possessed by demons, that soon we shall only be able to do goodness and justice in the deepest secrecy, as if it were a crime.

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished

Purity of heart is blooming the same colors in the middle of the wilderness when no one sees you.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.

Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its own corruption wherever it goes.

There are saints in the Roman Curia, among the cardinals, priests, religious, sisters and laity. They work hard, and also do things that are often hidden. I know some who concern themselves with feeding the poor or who give up their free time to work in a parish. As always, the ones who aren't saints make the most noise ... a single tree falling makes a sound, but a whole forest growing doesn't.

I always think that, even when people behave badly, if you like something deep inside them, then there is a tiny bit of nobility - they wish they could be good.

My suspicious nature is that there's something that [ Reverend ] Galamison, about Galamison that must have some good in it or some right in it.