Quote by Phillips Brooks
No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness. – Phillips Brooks

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The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden. – Phillips Brooks

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Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. – Phillips Brooks

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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love. – Saul Bellow

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What monster have we here? A great Deed at this hour of day? A great just deed — and not for pay? Absurd — or insincere? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. – Bertolt Brecht

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Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. – Marcus Aurelius

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