Sarah MacLean

For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity. And, for the most part, my characters go along with it. I write intense character sketches and long, play-like conversations between me and them, but they stay out of the book writing itself.

American Author

Mike Medavoy

It is an oftentimes dangerous world, and not all of the people in it are nice, sweet and benevolent. It is the nature of man to behave otherwise, and we must find leaders who can show us a better way and still maintains a balanced view.

American Producer

Srikumar Rao

Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, but a wise parent will give it fruits and vegetables instead. That is not what the child wants, but it is what the child needs.

Indian Educator

Patrick Marber

I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.

English Writer

Misha Collins

I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or something else, I'm not sure.

American Actor

Kazuo Ishiguro

We always like to keep our children in a kind of bubble and censor the bad news about the world. We like to tell them the world is full of benevolent, nice people.

Japanese Author

Adam Smith

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

Scottish Economist

Thomas Jefferson

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

American President

Reid Hoffman

So benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards, right?

American Businessman

William Dean Howells

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

Describes a personal quality, often seen in daily interactions with individuals.

Personal Kindness

Can refer to acts of kindness that aren't about giving money or goods, such as offering advice.

Not Always Material

Implies a sincere intention to help, without expecting anything in return.

Genuine Motive

Highlights actions that affect a larger group or community, not just individuals.

Broader Impact

Often associated with efforts that lead to improvements in society or communities.

Positive Social Change

Emphasizes the giving of money to support causes or help those in need.

Financial Assistance

May be used in formal contexts such as legal documents to describe charitable actions.

Legal and Formal

Reflects a person's or organization's commitment to making a positive difference.

Philanthropic Identity

 these caves according to their beliefs wouldn't all have been benevolent so you would be approaching these spaces where you could upset deities you could upset ancestors you're you're putting your life at risk by going into these places not just because of the the Heights and because of the tight spaces

Maya "Underworld"...

 But Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" described him as one of the most virtuous and benevolent people to have lived. The interpretation of Brutus as either a selfless fighter against dictatorship or an opportunistic traitor has shifted with the tides of history and politics.

The great conspiracy...

 and benevolent creatures on Earth. Unlike many proverbs, the one about elephant memory is scientifically accurate. Elephants know every member in their herd, able to recognize as many as 30 companions by sight or smell. This is a great help when migrating

Why elephants never...

 the point is my role in the community -- Within the free software world, there's been a long-standing tradition of the "benevolent dictator" model. So if you look at most of the major free software projects, they have one single person in charge

Jimmy Wales: How a...

 That life could be benevolent, as we would hope to be if humans are one day able to achieve interstellar travel. Or it could be hostile. Searching for planets that might have life means staring into a great abyss.

Should we be looking for...

 made earth such a benevolent home to humanity. So this double-sided challenge to meet the needs of all within the means of the planet, it invites a new shape of progress, no longer this ever-rising line of growth,

A healthy economy should...

 snake that lived in a hole in the ground and this great snake was a banana it was a god actually more than anything else it was a bit benevolent God it possessed great wisdom and great healing powers

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 and all those complicated feelings that you amass after long-term love. But it felt like the benevolent feelings had risen to the surface, and the feelings of fixation and the less-generous feelings

Can we choose to fall...

 benevolent presence in a kind of pristine nature and a year later fire is a malevolent presence in a built landscape what's missing in all of these what's missing is some image or

How fire shapes...

 almost all life depends on the energy that the Sun sends our way but the Sun is a far from benevolent companion because it's radiant rain can be as dangerous as it is nourishing

Benevolent