Quotes by Virtue True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods. Aristotle virtue flow happiness The virtue as the art consecrates itself constantly to what's difficult to do, and the harder the task, the shinier the success. Aristotle virtue tasks art There must be in prudence also some master virtue. Aristotle prudence virtue masters Happiness, then, is co-extensive with contemplation, and the more people contemplate, the happier they are; not incidentally, but in virtue of their contemplation, because it is in itself precious. Thus happiness is a form of contemplation. Aristotle ethics virtue people To know what virtue is is not enough; we must endeavor to possess and to practice it, or in some other manner actually ourselves to become good. Aristotle virtue enough practice If, therefore, there is any one superior in virtue and in the power of performing the best actions, him we ought to follow and obey, but he must have the capacity for action as well as virtue. Aristotle virtue government action The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound interest on the whole capital of knowledge and virtue which has been accumulated since the dawning of time. Arthur Conan Doyle progress virtue interest In many cases hate a person is rooted in the involuntary estimate of its virtues. Arthur Schopenhauer virtue cases hate Over Legislation is not necessarily a virtue. It often leads to misuse of law. Arun Jaitley misuse virtue law I could live a better life if I had a better mind and a better body Ashleigh Brilliant virtue body mind By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being. Ashley Montagu virtue development humanity Avoid places that disturb your mind, and always remain where your virtues increase. Atisa virtue awareness mind Authorship is, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, an infamy, a pastime, a day-labor, a handicraft, an art, a science, a virtue. August Wilhelm von Schlegel virtue spirit art Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave. Augustine Joseph Hickey Duganne couches virtue pleasure Moral prejudices are the stopgaps of virtue; and, as is the case with other stopgaps, it is often more difficult to get either out or in through them than through any other part of the fence. Augustus William Hare moral prejudice virtue Let them (the wicked) see the beauty of virtue, and pine at having forsaken her. Aulus Persius Flaccus forsaken wicked virtue Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue. Ayn Rand emptiness virtue ignorance I want to be prepared to claim the greatest virtue of all - that I was a man who made money Ayn Rand virtue want men To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality. Ayn Rand virtue cost desire When you are asked to love everybody indiscriminately, that is to love people without any standard, to love them regardless of whether they have any value or virtue, you are asked to love nobody. Ayn Rand standards virtue people «23456789101112»