The revolution must end and the republic must begin. In our constitution, right must take the place of duty, welfare that of… — Georg Buchner Copy Share Image
My experience with working with really great actors is you don't have to act. All you have to do is listen. And,… — Scoot McNairy Copy Share Image
Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?"… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Joy cannot be held at heel: it must be let go. Joy is a pilgrim virtue. It is a gift that walks,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful… — Buddha Copy Share Image
“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength; And… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Where is the reward of virtue? and what recompense has nature provided for such important sacrifices as those of life and fortune,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I have not loved the world, nor the world me, but let us part fair foes; I do believe, though I have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If a young man gets married, and starts a family and spends the rest of his life working at a soul-destroying job,… — Esther Vilar Copy Share Image
Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Is it not time to awake from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical maxim for… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The platform or the altar of love may be analyzed and explained; it is constructed of virtue, beauty, and affection. Such is… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
“He said that the notion that evil is seldom rewarded was greatly overspoken for if there were no advantage to it then… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I think the vice of our housekeeping is that it does not hold man sacred. The vice of government, the vice of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit in us whereby our inner being is progressively changed, freeing us more and more… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Some learned writers . . . have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram . . . because as the sting of the… — Edward Topsell Copy Share Image
As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
As the rays of the sun, notwithstanding their velocity, injure not the eye, by reason of their minuteness, so the attacks of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In fact, there is only one true and holy religion, founded and instituted by Christ Our Lord. Mother and Nurse of the… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
William McKinley has left us a priceless gift in the example of a useful and pure life, in his fidelity to public… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
We cannot assume that people by virtue of the fact that they are black are going to associate themselves with progressive political… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
The Beatitudes, far from being a new set of virtues that further divide the religious haves and have nots, are words of… — James Bryan Smith Copy Share Image
He who talks much about virtue in the abstract, begins to be suspected; it is shrewdly guessed that where there is great… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
It is known, to the force of a single pound weight, what the engine will do; but, not all the calculators of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and… — Laozi Copy Share Image
All religion teaches the virtues of love, altruism and patience, while showing us how to discipline and transform ourselves to achieve inner… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Our problem is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required. — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
He cannot "tempt" to virtue as we do to vice. He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
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