Quotes About Virtue

But sooner or later the oppressed class will argue that its superior virtue is a reason in favour of its having power, and the oppressors will find their own weapons turned against them. When at last power has been equalized, it becomes apparent to everybody that all the talk about superior virtue was nonsense, and that it was quite unnecessary as a basis for the claim to equality.

The close connection between virtue and knowledge is characteristic of Socrates and Plato. To some degree, it exists in all Greek thought, as opposed to that of Christianity. In Christian ethics, a pure heart is the essential, and is at least as likely to be found among the ignorant as among the learned. This difference between Greek and Christian ethics has persisted down to the present day.

Ahlakla ilgili olarak, büyük çapta, kiÅŸinin bu terimden ne anlad???na baÄŸl?d?r. Bana göre, önemli erdemler iyi yüreklilik ve zekâd?r. Her türlü inanç zekây? köstekler; günah ve ceza inanc? da iyi yürekliliÄŸi engeller.

Plato's Socrates had argued that to inflict injustice was a greater evil to the perpetrator than to suffer it.

The idealizing of the victim is useful for a time: if virtue is the greatest of goods, and if subjection makes people virtuous, it is kind to refuse them power, since it would destroy their virtue.

The primary motive of sexual ethics as they have existed in Western civilisation since pre-Christian times has been to secure that degree of female virtue without which the patriarchal family becomes impossible, since paternity is uncertain.

Because work is a duty, and a man should not receive wages in proportion to what he has produced, but in proportion to his virtue as exemplified by his industry.

Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do. Being a highly virtuous child, I believed all that I was told, and acquired a conscience which has kept me working hard down to the present moment.

When the rapacity of capitalists grows oppressive, one may be suddenly consoled by the recollection that Brutus, that exemplar of republican virtue, lent money to a city at 40 per cent, and hired a private army to besiege it when it failed to pay the interest.

If you wish a man to commit some abominable crime, from which he would naturally recoil in horror, you first teach him loyalty to a gang of arch-criminals, and then make his crime appear to him as exemplifying the virtue of loyalty.

ViaÈ›a împlinit? presupune, pe lâng? virtute, multe altele – de pild?, inteligen??. Iar conÈ™tiinÈ›a este aici cel mai nepotrivit ghid, c?ci ea const? din vagi reminiscenÈ›e de percepte auzite în frageda tinereÈ›e, astfel încât nu este niciodat? mai înÈ›eleapt? decât guvernanta sau mama persoanei în cauz?.

I think that these is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached

Humility is the earmark of God's genuine servant.

Rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. 1 Peter 2:1

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2

The imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit… is very valuable in God's eyes. 1 Peter 3:4

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but faithful people are His delight. Proverbs 12:22

salvation by grace teaches us to live self-controlled lives.

There is certainly no righteous man on the earth who does good and never sins. Ecclesiastes 7:20

No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly.