1,046 Quotes About Virtue

In the first place, sensation (aisthesis) is a corporeal process which we have in common with animals, and in which the impression of an exterior object is transmitted to the soul. By means of this process, an image (phantasia) of the object is produced in the soul, or more precisely in the guiding part (hegemonikon) of the soul

Reflect that nothing merits admiration except thespirit, the impressiveness of which prevents it from being impressed by anything.

as people very often place intrinsic value on things outside of their direct control, and doing so undoubtedly contributes to human suffering in many ways.

Many pride themselves, staking claim to the noble virtue that is loyalty. However, many resolve to give their allegiance to nothing. How can one demand loyalty, if one stands by nothing, nor commits to the realization of an ideal?

Patience is a virtue but it has its limits.

Truth is a liar's enemy, but a saint's friend.

It is better to mourn the righteous than to grieve the wicked.

The cardinal virtue is obedience to keeping God's commandments.

Among wise men there is no place at all left for hatred. For no one except the greatest of fools would hate good men. And there is no reason at all for hating the bad. For just as weakness is a disease of the body, so wickedness is a disease of the mind. And if this is so, since we think of people who are sick in body as deserving sympathy rather than hatred, much more so do they deserve pity rather than blame who suffer an evil more severe than any physical illness.