A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
When virtue is lost benevolence appears when benevolence is lost right conduct appears when right conduct is lost expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth it is the beginning of disorder.
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity the force of which is never known till it is felt and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.
In this world shipmates sin that pays its way can travel freely and without passport whereas Virtue if a pauper is stopped at all frontiers.
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.
It is in our faults and failings not in our virtues that we touch each other and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.
Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
Strength was the virtue of paganism obedience is the virtue of Christianity.
The weapon of the Republic is terror and virtue is its strength.
The virtue of paganism was strength the virtue of Christianity is obedience.
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions but by his habitual acts.
The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness of virtue and sin among the members of a society.
Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.