Virtue Quotes - Page 37

Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.

If virtue precede us every step will be safe.

It is not in virtue of its liberty that the human will attains to grace, it is much rather by grace that it attains to liberty.

A vice is merely a pleasure to which somebody has objected.

You proclaim that one should die for the highest virtues, because you take it for granted that nobody's been living for them, not even for a single hour.

Virtue consists in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.

I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults.

While one is asleep one cannot do anything that is good. Virtue is impossible in unconsciousness, only sin is possible. Unconsciousness is the source of sin.

When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults.

It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings.

It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.

We are rational creatures: Our virtue and perfection is to love reason, or rather to love order.

Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.

Contentment travels rarely with fortune, but follows virtue even in misfortune.

Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.

Compliment others on the virtues they have; and they're not half as pleased as being complimented for the ones they don't have.

Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.

Things that are separate shall be united and acquire such virtue that they will restore to man his lost memory.

If your virtue is especially radiant, it can be possible to open a pathway to the subtle realm and receive these celestial teachings directly from the immortals.

Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal.

Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.

Black is not a vice. Nor is segregation a virtue.

If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds.