Quotemeal: May. 23rd, 1955

Monday, May 23, 1955

"To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right."
— Lesslie Newbigin

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Illustration of Lesslie Newbigin — "To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right."

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