I will have no Parsons around me but such as drink deep, ride to Hounds and caress the Wives and Daughters of… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they'll never get to do that… — John Lee Hancock Copy Share Image
Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Catholic schools carry out a great mission, to serve God by building knowledge and character... By teaching the word of God, you… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The liberation of Iraq, which is already hard to justify from the perspective of American interests, at least had the virtue of… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Virtue is always too much of a piece and too ignorant of those shades of feeling and of temperament that enable us… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
By the virtue of modesty the devout person governs all his exterior acts. With good reason, then, does St. Paul recommend this… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
He knew that the whole mystery of beauty can never be comprehended by the crowd, and that while clearness is a virtue… — Arthur Symons Copy Share Image
Vanity is so closely allied to virtue, and to love the fame of laudable actions approaches so near the love of laudable… — David Hume Copy Share Image
People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called *character,* a quality which,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
'Rugged individualism' has meant all the 'individualism' for the masters, while the people are regimented into a slave caste to serve a… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
...the figure near at hand suffers on such occasions, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and… — Augustin Thierry Copy Share Image
I have many times been praised for my lack of animosity towards the Germans. It's not a philosophical virtue. It's a habit… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There can be no beauty if it is paid for by human injustice, nor truth that passes over injustice in silence, nor… — Tadeusz Borowski Copy Share Image
I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before a Christian… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I hope that each of you girls will become an individual of significant worth and a person of virtue so that your… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Along with a dozen other students I had dissected a human cadaver and sorted its contents by size, color, function, and weight.… — Robert Charles Wilson Copy Share Image
The contempt of money is no more a virtue than to wash one's hand is one; but one does not willingly shake… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats… — Menander Copy Share Image
The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
Moral virtue is ... a mean between two vices, that of excess and that of defect, and ... it is no small… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If children were taught to question and think through their beliefs, instead of being taught the superior virtue of faith without question,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The general goodness, which is nourished in noble hearts makes every one think that strength of virtue to be in another whereof… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Virtue knowing no base repulse, shines with untarnished honour; nor does she assume or resign her emblems of honour by the will… — Horace Copy Share Image
Trust, which is a virtue, is also a habit, like prayer. It requires exercise. And just as no one can run five… — Sue Halpern Copy Share Image
Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The good life for man is the life spent in seeking for the good life for man, and the virtues necessary for… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you.… — Saint Ignatius Copy Share Image
That a thing is peculiar; is no argument for its being blamable; since the most criminal actions are to a being like… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The more a government strives to curtail freedom of speech, the more obstinately is it resisted; not indeed by the avaricious, ...… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
“every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain; the Amity, peaceful… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Well, we have nothing to hide. Our history is an open book. They may find what they are looking for, but the… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
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