To this war of every man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
To me it seems that liberty and virtue were made for each other. If any man wish to enslave his country, nothing… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
Happiness has this essential difference from what is commonly called pleasure, that virtue forms its basis, and virtue being the offspring of… — Ann Radcliffe 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
There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early! My own plan is to swear off every kind of… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
What is different in capitalist civilization has been two things. First, the process of meritocracy has been proclaimed as an official virtue… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as… — Angela of Foligno Copy Share Image
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice... Man has to be a man-by choice; he… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A particular place in the land is never, for an oral culture, just a passive or inert setting for the human events… — David Abram Copy Share Image
The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who… — Al-Shafi‘i Copy Share Image
And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
God, Who is by nature good and dispassionate, loves all men equally as His handiwork. But He glorifies the virtuous man because… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Everything depends on the value we give to things. We are the ones who make morality and virtue. The cannibal who eats… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I cannot however help repeating Piety, because I think it indispensible. Religion in a Family is at once its brightest Ornament &… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
The Civilized… murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories… — Charles Fourier Copy Share Image
God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth and virtue. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
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