Character Quote by Francois Fenelon

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

— Francois Fenelon

Fastidiousness is only another word for egotism; and all men who know not where to look for truth save in the narrow well of…

— James Russell Lowell

There is virtue in virtuosity, especially today, when it protects us from the tedious spectacle of ineptitude.

— Robert Hughes

A disciplined mind brings happiness.

— Gautama Buddha

The finest virtues can become deformed with age. The precise mind becomes finicky; the thrifty man, miserly; the cautious man, timorous; the man of…

— Andre Gide

No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend…

— Pope Francis

“[...] the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely…

— René Descartes

Virtue!--to be good and just-- Every heart, when sifted well, Is a clot of warmer dust, Mix'd with cunning sparks of hell.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast…

— Tariq Ramadan

Virtue shuns ease as a companion. It demands a rough and thorny path.

— Michel de Montaigne

“It is in the nature of the mind that when you habituate it with a positive quality it can be developed limitlessly.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“Fasting is an act of humility that spotlights our weaknesses and reveals dependence on things rather than on God.”

— Gary Rohrmayer