1,046 Quotes About Virtue

Everything that was created is good, says the holy writing; why not human beings only? Why should they be otherwise than they are? Strange! - This fills me with sorrow. To slaughter one's sensations and wishes on the altars of necessity or morality, one calls that virtue.

I made the mistake of thinking that condemning other people's misdeeds somehow made me virtuous.

I made the mistake of thinking that condemning other people's misdeed somehow made me virtuous.

If I attempt virtue it brings light to my life. If I indulge desires, I invite fog and confusion.

I'm trying because I must.

On Virtue - Goodness is its own reward. It has to be; nothing else rewards it.

I do not desire evil, Garan had said to her once, but it seems to me that to stand idle while evil is being done is no virtue either.

Defending unpopular positions is what lawyers do

Being a theomorphic creature, man is himself a work of art. The human soul when purifiedand dressed in the garment of spiritual virtues is itself the highest kind of beauty in this world, reflecting directly the Divine Beauty.