In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief. 695
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. 2.1K
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. 858
And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad. 778
One can’t relive one’s life. Forgiveness is not what’s difficult; one’s always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that’s obvious. 2.49K
I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation. 618
I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn’t until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don’t have a problem going to sleep at night. 630
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. 2.42K
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind – this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. 670
Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability. 700
I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. 609
Although the skills aren’t hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a really good 2K
There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. 610
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. 744
