14 Quotes by Jonathan V. Last

One of the mitigating benefits of children is that they make a Lego habit more respectable.

The modern virtues fail because they concern the outer self, the human facade, the part of ourselves the world sees most readily – while the classical virtues form an organizing framework for our inner selves… for our souls.

Virtues are the internal qualities that allow us to be our best selves and enable us to lead complete and fulfilling lives.

Justice is the virtue we 'd rather have done unto others than practiced on ourselves.

Believe it or not, philosophy has consequences.

No single virtue is, on its own, necessarily virtuous.

Aquinas called prudence the queen of virtues, saying that she gently guides all the rest.

Aristotle deemed courage to be the first virtue, because it makes all the other possible.

If you do believe in God, and your first instinct in all things must be gratitude: for creation, or love, for mercy.