If I could do just one thing, it would be to dissociate faith from virtue, now and for good, and to expose… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
A thirsty ambition for truth and virtue, and a frenzy to conquer all lies and vices which are not recognized as such… — Johann Georg Hamann Copy Share Image
The wonderful purity of nature at this season is a most pleasing fact… In the bare fields and tinkling woods, see what… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Clemency, which we make a virtue of, proceeds sometimes from vanity, sometimes from indolence, often from fear, and almost always from a… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I have sought for something in this world beyond the pleasures both of virtue and of senses...I can assure you that at… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies… — Charles Brockden Brown Copy Share Image
Guard your mind from self-praise and flee a high opinion of yourself, so that God does not allow you to fall into… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
“We are good not in virtue of what we are but in virtue of what we are not, like darkness lit up… — Kathryn Tanner Copy Share Image
To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy… — William Blake Copy Share Image
I feel that whatever virtues the novel may have are very much connected with the limitations you mention. I am not writing… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Virtue is the panacea for both body and mind. The virtuous person can be both healthy and happy. How is virtue to… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Julian was not insensible of the advantages of freedom. From his studies he had imbibed the spirit of ancient sages and heroes;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Just as humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and having a superior… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
Society is the true sphere of human virtue. In social, active life, difficulties will perpetually be met with; restraints of many kinds… — Elizabeth Carter Copy Share Image
“The German deli was run by a distant cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm and the Great Neck Jews loved the place; they flocked… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
When men evaluate each other as men, they still look for the same virtues that they'd need to keep the perimeter. Men… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble,… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If I say that Shakespeare is the greatest of intellects, I have said all concerning him. But there is more in Shakespeare's… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
People do not persist in their vices because they are not weary of them, but because they cannot leave them off. It… — William Hazlitt 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
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
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
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
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
Some learned writers . . . have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram . . . because as the sting of the… — Edward Topsell 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
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
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
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
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
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
Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
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
