Liam O'Brien’s Reviews > Mere Christianity > Status Update

“You can be good for the sake of mere goodness: you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness. You can do a kind action when you are not feeling kind and when it gives you no pleasure, simply because kindness is right; but no one ever did a cruel action simply because cruelty is wrong-only because cruelty was pleasant or useful to him.”
“Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness.”