Quotes About Virtue

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

To Virtue's humblest son let none prefer Vice, tho' descended from the Conqueror.

There is no virtue in curiosity. In fact, it might even be the most immoral desire a man can possess.

Prudery is a form of selfishness, a means of self-protection made necessary by the strength of one's own desires.

Tobožnja stidljivost i kreposnost oblici su sebi?nosti, tek obi?ni postupci samozaštite koji su potrebni upravo zbog žestine naših vlastitih želja.

Ammesso che la passione umana abbia la virtù d'innalzarsi al disopra di ogni assurdo, come si può sostenere che non abbia anche quella d'innalzarsi al disopra dei propri assurdi?

To defile yourself, yet not really be defiled—that's true purity. If you're fastidious about defilement, you're not going to do anything. You'll never become a real man

Cuando uno se convence de que, al enamorarse, resulta tremendamente vulnerable, la idea de haber vivido hasta entonces desconocedor de esta verdad les hace estremecerse. Por esta razón el amor vuelve virtuosas a ciertas personas.

Yo siempre me había sentido orgullosa de mi moral y empecé a pensar que todo aquello que rodeaba al sexo no hacía más que embrutecer y empequeñecer a los seres humanos.

in the past people had to exert great effort and undergo years of hard moral training in order to overcome their anger, their hatred, and their dangerous passions. But now, if your anger or passion threatens to overwhelm you, all you need to do is swallow a few pills. "Anybody can be virtuous now," concludes Mustapha. "You can carry at least half your morality about in a bottle.

The militarily incompetent Augustus succeeded in establishing a stable imperial regime, achieving something that eluded both Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, who were much better generals. Both his admiring contemporaries and modern historians often attribute this feat to his virtue of clementia – mildness and clemency.

Pride would never be her ally.

Thus I am in Holland, the kingdom of things, great principality of objects. In Dutch, schoen means beautiful and at the same time clean, as if neatness was raised to the dignity of a virtue.

Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are revered. Do not imitate others' faults; just cultivate virtue. Buddha prohibited unwholesome actions, but did not tell us to hate those who practice unwholesome actions.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.

So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the transformation of things. In stillness, he and the yin share a single Virtue; in motion, he and the yang share a single flow.

Can you be a little baby? The baby howls all day, yet its throat never gets hoarse - harmony at its height! The baby makes fists all day, yet its fingers never get cramped - virtue is all it holds to. The baby stares all day without blinking its eyes - it has no preferences in the world of externals.

In all affairs, whether large or small, there are few men who reach a happy conclusion except through the Way. If you do not succeed, you are bound to suffer from the judgment of men. If you do succeed, you are bound to suffer from the yin and yang. To suffer no harm whether or not you succeed - only the man who has virtue can do that.

Täydellinen ihminen on vapautunut itseydestään; henkistynyt ihminen ei välitä ansioiden tavoittelusta; todellinen Viisas ei välitä maineesta.

Diperlukan waktu hanya sepuluh tahun untuk menanam dan memelihara sebatang pohon, tapi memerlukan waktu paling sedikit 100 tahun untuk membentuk sebuah karakter jiwa.

It just seems our species is happier when we are good. Goodness is not guaranteed. A life of principle requires practice…. from Unless, a novel by Carol Shields

Któ? móg? si? w ?askawo?ci porówna? z agitatorem? Kto si? osta? dobrym przy nim? Nawet Bóg ju? nie by? dobrym, bo mówi?: Nie rusz cudzego. A przybysz ze ?wiata, nios?cy czerwon? gazet?, mówi?: Co cudze, to twoje. Któ? wi?c móg? by? od niego lepszym?

For an educated person, intelligence is important but character is more important.

Happiness is there when you are morally clear to yourself.