“If swindling pays, then it will not stop. [...] you cannot have a good society unless virtue pays.”

“In a word if you tell me you have a personality problem I am not certain until I know you better whether to say "Good!" or "I'm sorry." It depends on the reasons. And these, it seems, may be good reasons, or they may be good reasons.”

“Descriptively, we can see in each person his own (weak) tendencies to grow toward self-actualization; and also descriptively, we can see his various (weak) tendencies toward regressing (out of fear, hostility, or laziness). [...] if a person could himself see all the likely consequences of growth and all the likely consequences of coasting or of regression, and if he were allowed to choose between them, he would always (in principle, and under 'good conditions') choose the consequences of growth and reject the consequences of regression. That is, the more one knows of the actual consequences of growth-choices and regression-choices, the more attractive become the growth-choices to practically any human being. And these are the actual choices he is prone to make if conditions are good, i.e., if he is allowed truly free choice so that his organism can express its own nature.”

“I believe that another task which needs doing before we can have a good world is the development of a humanistic and transpersonal psychology of evil, one written out of compassion and love for human nature rather than out of disgust with it or out of hopelessness.”

“Obviously the most beautiful fate, the most wonderful good fortune that can happen to any human being, is to be paid for doing that which he passionately loves to do.”

“Perhaps adjustment and stabilization, while good because it cuts your pain, is also bad because development towards a higher ideal ceases?”

“Be independent of the good opinion of other people.”

“We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.”

“But, except for a good shaking, and some fine big bruises, Fatty was not hurt at all. His fat had kept him from breaking any bones!”

“The point is not that I don't recognise bad people when I see them — I grant you I may quite well be taken in by them — the point is that I know a good person when I see one.”

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence

The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.

I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.

A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

What's the good of resisting temptation? There'll always be more.

Goodness had nothing to do with it.

Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!' 'Goodness had nothing to do with it'.

Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.

T.G.T.B.T: too good to be true.