Perfect Virtue Quotes

10 quotes by 6 authors

Is it not time to awake from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical maxim for the direction of… — Alexander Hamilton
Why should we desire the destruction of human passions? Take passions from human beings and what is left? The great object should be not to… — Robert Green Ingersoll
How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height… — Confucius
There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor. — St. Catherine of Siena
Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact. — Confucius
Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart unconscious… — Zhuangzi
In the Age of Perfect Virtue, men lived among the animals and birds as members of one large family. There were no distinctions between superior… — Benjamin Hoff
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. — Confucius
Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness — Confucius
To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness. — Confucius

Who Wrote These Perfect Virtue Quotes

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