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Virtue is not knowing but doing
Virtue is not knowing but doing
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The only amarantine flower on earth
Is virtue.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, read more
If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, it suffices to avoid bad thoughts and to keep our souls turned toward the Lord.
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love read more
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
