Character Quote by Aristotle

The virtues [moral excellence] therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to…

— Aristotle

Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive them, and…

— Aristotle

“None of the moral virtues is engendered in us by nature, for no natural property can be altered by habit.”

— Aristotle

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception,…

— Aristotle

“It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that no one…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, I’d be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.”

— Xenophon

Our virtues themselves are not free and floating qualities over which we retain a permanent control and power of disposal; they come to be…

— Marcel Proust

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

— Seneca the Younger

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We as a species have not realized the most precious qualities with which nature has endowed us, the abilities that will enable us to…

— Ilchi Lee

“Nature is not any living thing. It has generosity, why is that so? We ourselves are God. Therefore, it is partial towards God, but…

— Dada Bhagwan