Pastoral Resources

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.

Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.