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Virtue Quotes

It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the best and something divine. It is the inventor and mentor of all the arts, medicines, laws, and of whatever wisdom, power, virtue, and glory men possess in this life Picture Quote #1

The purpose of the present study is not as it is in other inquiries, the attainment of knowledge, we are not conducting this inquiry in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, else there would be no advantage in studying it. For that reason, it becomes necessary to examine the problem of our actions and to ask how they are to be performed. For as we have said, the actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed Picture Quote #1

Let us, my dear contemporaries, arise above such narrow prejudices. If wisdom be desirable on its own account, if virtue, to deserve the name, must be founded on knowledge, let us endeavour to strengthen our minds by reflection till our heads become a balance for our hearts Picture Quote #1

No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great Picture Quote #1

With me, meditation is the only essential religion. And everything that follows it is virtue, because it comes of its own accord. You don’t have to drag it, you don’t have to discipline yourself for it. I have nothing to do with vegetarianism, but I know that if you meditate you are going to grow new perceptivity, new sensitivity, and you cannot kill animals Picture Quote #1

Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to severe measures only in extreme cases, for fear lest the hardship they are already enduring in their state of captivity, joined to the strictness you might want to exercise in virtue of your authority, drive them to despair... It is not light they need, but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example Picture Quote #1

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I became startled by the extraordinary difference between something whose surface is completely invisible which only makes itself present by virtue of what it reflects, and a window, which doesn’t make itself apparent at all, in the ideal case Picture Quote #1

Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself Picture Quote #1

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt Picture Quote #1

Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue Picture Quote #1

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction Picture Quote #1

Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself Picture Quote #1

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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal Picture Quote #1

We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it, that governs it by the virtue of its language and savage culture Picture Quote #1

In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age Picture Quote #1

Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t’will be virtue Picture Quote #1

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts Picture Quote #1

By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there’s more news that’s falling into books Picture Quote #1

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Two world wars have destroyed in a few years the material and spiritual capital accumulated by centuries of work. The nineteenth century had hoped to turn man, by virtue of education, into a reasoning being: a half century of ferocity has proved that a cruel, primitive beast still resides in him Picture Quote #1

The strength of a man’s virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life Picture Quote #1

All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is upon it. The real and essential meaning of virtue is that straightness of back Picture Quote #1

Courage, ne’er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe! Picture Quote #1

Truth suffers no loss if a vehement youth fails in finding it, in the same way that virtue and religion suffer no detriment if a criminal denies them Picture Quote #1

O teach virtue we must educate the emotions, and this means learning what to feel in the various circumstances that prompt them Picture Quote #1

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Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law Picture Quote #1

Virtue runs no risk of becoming contemptible by being exposed to view, and it is better to be despised for simplicity than to be tormented by continual hypocrisy Picture Quote #1

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing, for when I don’t know what justice is, I’ll hardly know whether it is a kind of virtue or not, or whether a person who has it is happy or unhappy Picture Quote #1

I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don’t consider it a moral virtue Picture Quote #1

Friends humor and flatter us, they steal our time, they encourage our love of ease, they make us content with ourselves, they are the foes of our virtue and our glory Picture Quote #1

Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs Picture Quote #1

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It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the best and something divine. It is the inventor and mentor of all the arts, medicines, laws, and of whatever wisdom, power, virtue, and glory men possess in this life (Virtue Quotes) The purpose of the present study is not as it is in other inquiries, the attainment of knowledge, we are not conducting this inquiry in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, else there would be no advantage in studying it. For that reason, it becomes necessary to examine the problem of our actions and to ask how they are to be performed. For as we have said, the actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed (Virtue Quotes) Let us, my dear contemporaries, arise above such narrow prejudices. If wisdom be desirable on its own account, if virtue, to deserve the name, must be founded on knowledge, let us endeavour to strengthen our minds by reflection till our heads become a balance for our hearts (Virtue Quotes) No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great (Virtue Quotes) With me, meditation is the only essential religion. And everything that follows it is virtue, because it comes of its own accord. You don’t have to drag it, you don’t have to discipline yourself for it. I have nothing to do with vegetarianism, but I know that if you meditate you are going to grow new perceptivity, new sensitivity, and you cannot kill animals (Virtue Quotes) Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to severe measures only in extreme cases, for fear lest the hardship they are already enduring in their state of captivity, joined to the strictness you might want to exercise in virtue of your authority, drive them to despair... It is not light they need, but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example (Virtue Quotes) I became startled by the extraordinary difference between something whose surface is completely invisible which only makes itself present by virtue of what it reflects, and a window, which doesn’t make itself apparent at all, in the ideal case (Virtue Quotes) Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and property of another, I cannot legally, but I can morally, divest myself (Virtue Quotes) Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt (Virtue Quotes) Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue (Virtue Quotes) Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction (Virtue Quotes) Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself (Virtue Quotes) The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal (Virtue Quotes) We have forgotten that we have not come to an empty land to inherit it, but we have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it, that governs it by the virtue of its language and savage culture (Virtue Quotes) In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age (Virtue Quotes) Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t’will be virtue (Virtue Quotes) Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts (Virtue Quotes) By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there’s more news that’s falling into books (Virtue Quotes) Two world wars have destroyed in a few years the material and spiritual capital accumulated by centuries of work. The nineteenth century had hoped to turn man, by virtue of education, into a reasoning being: a half century of ferocity has proved that a cruel, primitive beast still resides in him (Virtue Quotes) The strength of a man’s virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life (Virtue Quotes) All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is upon it. The real and essential meaning of virtue is that straightness of back (Virtue Quotes) Courage, ne’er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe! (Virtue Quotes) Truth suffers no loss if a vehement youth fails in finding it, in the same way that virtue and religion suffer no detriment if a criminal denies them (Virtue Quotes) O teach virtue we must educate the emotions, and this means learning what to feel in the various circumstances that prompt them (Virtue Quotes) Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law (Virtue Quotes) Virtue runs no risk of becoming contemptible by being exposed to view, and it is better to be despised for simplicity than to be tormented by continual hypocrisy (Virtue Quotes) As for me, all I know is that I know nothing, for when I don’t know what justice is, I’ll hardly know whether it is a kind of virtue or not, or whether a person who has it is happy or unhappy (Virtue Quotes) I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don’t consider it a moral virtue (Virtue Quotes) Friends humor and flatter us, they steal our time, they encourage our love of ease, they make us content with ourselves, they are the foes of our virtue and our glory (Virtue Quotes) Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs (Virtue Quotes)

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