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There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
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Leo Tolstoy
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness. None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence. The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us. Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness. The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love. Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness. Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people. That which is striking and beautiful is not always good; but that which is good is always beautiful.