Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but ...they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to men, Emancipating all Nations, you insist upon retaining absolute power over... wives. But you must remember that Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken--and notwithstanding all your wise Laws and Maxims we have it in our power not only to free ourselves but to subdue our Masters, and without violence throw both your natural and legal authority at our feet ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What is the disease which manifests itself in an inability to leave a party--any party at all--until it is all over and the lights... are being put out?... I suppose that part of this mania for staying is due to a fear that, if I go, something good will happen and I'll miss it. Somebody might do card tricks, or shoot somebody else.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a ...spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a programme would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ah, the truth, what a thing it is! I sacrifice so much for it, with people: I forego, for truth's sake, discretion, loyalty, diplo...macy, tact, polite manners, elegance, grace, poise, balance, good taste, conformity, image-role, fashionableness, polish, confidences, promises, ambition, consistency, identity, clarity, comprehensibleness, good will, hypocrisy, and lots of other things--amass sacrifice, at truth's altar. God! is truth worth it? I hope it is. It better be, in fact.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To the American People:MChristmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous i...n mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If there were two princes in Christendom who had good will and courage, it would be very easy to reconcile the religious difficult...ies; there is only one Jesus Christ and one faith, and all the rest is a dispute over trifles.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Taking the child's point of view demands good will, time, and effort on the part of parents. The child is the clear beneficiary. P...arents who make the effort to understand their children's point of view are likely to treat children fairly and in an age-appropriate manner.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The service a man renders his friend is trivial and selfish, compared with the service he knows his friend stood in readiness to y...ield him, alike before he had begun to serve his friend, and now also. Compared with that good-will I bear my friend, the benefit it is in my power to render him seems small.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »