Quotes About Virtue

McTeague's mind was as his body, heavy, slow to act, sluggish. Yet there was nothing vicious about the man.

the depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.

Take away truth and people will lie. Scoff at virtue, and betrayal becomes a matter of course.

Virtue is not a bad garment, but it requires an imposing figure.

Nature does not loathe virtue it is unaware of its existence.

We have a tendency to describe the human condition in lofty terms, such as a quest for freedom or striving for a virtuous life, but the life sciences hold a more mundane view: It's all about security, social companionships, and a full belly. There is obvious tension between both views, which recalls that famous dinner conversation between a Russian literary critic and the writer Ivan Turgenev: 'We haven't yet solved the problem of God,' the critic yelled, 'and you want to eat!

What would Buddha do to be happy? "Seek health, the greatest blessing; follow virtue. Listen to people; read good books and learn. Be truthful; break the chain of sad attachment. These six paths lead to the greatest good." Jatakas 84

God's love is earned by a man through being a scholar and at the same time behaving as inconspicuously and modestly as if he were an ignoramus.

Les Français adorent donner, en levant un index vertueux, des leçons de morale au monde

Quidquid est enim quod deceat, id tum apparet cum antegressa est honestas.

A strong, brave man is born each month, each year God gives a sage to men, A poet each ten years, perhaps, but an unselfish person,—when?

Whether or not I am a writer," I wrote, "I have—and this is both my curse and my virtue—cultivated the instinct of one, an aversion for the herd, without, in my unhappy case, the ability to harness and articulate that aversion.

Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

Virtue does not always demand a heavy sacrifice only the willingness to make it when necessary.

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

When a man is ill his very goodness is sickly.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

And be on they guard against the good and the just They would fain curcify those who devise their own virtue -- they hate the lonesome ones.

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue

Un animal noble ou une belle fleur sont « intellectuellement » supérieurs à un homme vil. Dieu se révèle à la plante sous la forme de la lumière solaire. La plante se tourne irrésistiblement vers la lumière; elle ne saurait être athée ou impie.

Dieu permet parfois des faiblesses afin de pouvoir susciter ensuite — moyennant le contraste entre ces infirmités accidentelles et l'être essentiel — des vertus d'autant plus profondes. Les qualités qui ont poussé dans l'engrais de quelque misère sont comme douées de conscience : elles connaissent toute la vanité de l'erreur d'une manière concrète.

Live a fruitful life. Resist evil. Give more than you take. Help others do likewise. The rest will take care of itself.

Being good or evil is a choice.

Never out of shame or to win favor