A good wife is heaven's last, best gift to man, - his gem of many virtues, his casket of jewels; her voice… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Since human good is what humans ought to pursue, the pursuit of interest to Aristotle is then such activity of soul, that… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
But these last months had turned him around and now Gen saw there could be as much virtue in letting go of… — Ann Patchett 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
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
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
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
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
According to Solomon, life and death are in the power of the tongue; and as Euripides truly affirmeth, every unbridled tongue in… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The loss of the religious understanding of the human condition—that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
A new humanity will be born, fuller in conception and richer in experience and accomplishments in all fields. Joy of life will… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The dozens of people working on this at Digital Domain, they knew that you couldn't get away with almost photo real, because… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
Man is naturally more disposed to beneficent than selfish actions. This we learn even from the history of savages. The domestic virtues… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of… — Thaddeus Golas 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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
There will be no true freedom without virtue, no true science without religion, no true industry without the fear of God and… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle and incentive… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
For the wise men of old, the cardinal problem of human life was how to conform the soul to objective reality, and… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense.… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid.… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
