A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will—in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the mere desire to get out of an old habit is a material advance upon the condition of submergence in that habit. The longest step toward cleanliness is made when one gains—nothing but dissatisfaction with dirt.


Ch. XIV : The Need of an Absolute, p. 197 - The Meaning of God in Human Experience (1912)

William Ernest Hocking Quotes

A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will—in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the mere desire to...

A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will—in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the mere desire to...

A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will—in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the mere desire to...

A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will—in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the mere desire to...