1,046 Quotes About Virtue

If your greatest wish is to be happy, you are clever; if it is to make others happy, you are virtuous; but if it is to make yourself and others happy, you are wise.

To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love.

Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.

Love your friends with your eyes closed, but love your enemies with both eyes open.

There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.

If you want little, give little; if you want much, give much; if you want all, give all.

We distill happiness from garnering joy in the ordinary fragments of life, while dedicating personal effort to creating a body of work that one can look back on their deathbed and be satisfied with achieving. Happiness comes from living beautifully, which necessarily involves reason in thought and speech (logos), and leading an ethical and virtuous life devoted to achieving worthy goals.

Our highest deeds come from helping the lowest people.

Wealth is not what you have for yourself. Wealth is what you share with others.