“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”

“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”

“Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls that are capable of bestowing and have their value in the feeling of the plenitude of life.”

“Christians have no business thinking that the good life consists mainly in not doing bad things. We have no business thinking that to do evil in this world you have to be a Bengal tiger, when, in fact, it is enough to be a tame tabby—a nice person but not a good one. In short, Pentecost makes it clear that nothing is so fatal to Christianity as indifference. ”

“The danger in trying to do good is that the mind comes to confuse the intent of goodness with the act of doing things well.”

“I have enough trouble with useful information, never mind being burdened with what is useless.”