#virtue

In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#authoritative #belongs #conception #could #days

My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised. ↗

— Colin Firth

#been #complicity #engaged #grandparents #grown

Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell. ↗

— Wilkie Collins

#bliss #dwell #heart #i #makes

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. ↗

— Confucius

#constitutes #earnestness #five #generosity #gravity

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. ↗

— Confucius

#exercises #government #his #keeps #may

I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided. ↗

— Mark Foley

#am #been #cannot #catholic #catholic schools

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#add #education #glory #i #man

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised. ↗

— Juvenal

#frequently #most #our #vices #virtues

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues. ↗

— John Keegan

#even #military #pacifist #should #virtues

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. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#already #believe #bring #consciousness #experiences