189 Quotes About Virtues

أنا ، مثلًا ، لستُ فزّاعةً على الإطلاق ، و لا أنا غولٌ أخلاقيّ ، بل إنّني من طبيعة البشر الذين ظلّ الناس إلى حدّ الآن يقدِّسونهم كأمثلةٍ للفضيلة

El lacayo pide; el digno merece. Aquél solicita del favor lo que este espera del mérito. Ser digno significa no pedir lo que se merece, ni aceptar lo inmerecido. Mientras los serviles trepan entre las malezas del favoritismo, los austeros ascienden por la escalinata de sus virtudes. O no ascienden por ninguna.

. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will never grow to be more than dwarfs.

I found out some time back that it’s idleness breeds all our virtues, our most bearable qualities – contemplation, equableness, laziness, letting other people alone, good digestion mental and physical: the wisdom to concentrate on fleshly pleasures — eating and evacuating and fornication and sitting in the sun — than which there is nothing better, nothing to match, nothing else in all this world but to live for the short time you are loaned breath, to be alive and know it

Some goodness in this world is understood by the presence of the opposite. One will value light in the middle of darkness, and appreciate clemency by encountering savagery. Likewise, a meeting is properly indulged after having known the devastating account of goodbye.

I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.Four, speaking to Tris, regarding the virtues of factions.

Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.

The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues. You can't separate them. They're wedded.

Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.