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You aspire to great things? Begin with the little ones.
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Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love. Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967.
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Contribution #3769
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
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Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.
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Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.
Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be. -
This world is a mountain, in which your works are echoed back to you.
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When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
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Evil is like a shadow - it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.
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Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t is summed up in that short but imperious word ought, so full of high significance. It is the most noble of all the attributes of man, leading him without a moment's hesitation to risk his life for that of a fellow-creature; or after due deliberation, impelled simply by the deep feeling of right or duty, to sacrifice it in some great cause.
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Many are really virtuous who cannot explain what virtue is . . . But the powers themselves in reality perform their several operations with sufficient constancy and uniformity in persons of good health whatever their opinions be about them . . .
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Illustrations on the Moral Sense
Page preface
Published by Harvard University Press
, Cambridge, MA, USA
, 1728/1971
http://ref. in Marc Hauser, Moral Minds
Contribution #3163
I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal, the moral sense of conscience is by far the most important....It is the most noble of all the attributes of man.
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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
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A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.
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Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.
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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.
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I guess I’m a spiritual secularist, if that’s not an oxymoron. My paths of secularism and spirituality are the same: I try to do the appropriate thing at each moment.
Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished.
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How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.
Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue.
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The Roots of Violence:
Wealth without work,
Pleasure without conscience,
Knowledge without character,
Commerce without morality,
Science without humanity,
Worship without sacrifice,
Politics without principles.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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He who is formerly slothful and afterwards overcomes his sloth, brightens up this world, like the moon when freed from clouds. He whose misdeeds are covered by good deeds, brightens up this world, like the moon when freed from clouds.
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The Dhammapada
172-173
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Contribution #2713
They should champion their one true God, exalted be He, through the hosts of forbearance, of submission, of an upright character, of goodly deeds, and of the choicest and most refined words.
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Crisis and Victory
#77
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Contribution #2712
The companions of God are, in this day, the lump that must leaven the peoples of the world. They must show forth such trustworthiness, such truthfulness and perseverance, such deeds and character that all mankind may profit by their example. Tell him, no one in this world can claim any relationship to Me except those who, in all their deeds and in their conduct, follow My example, in such wise that all the peoples of the earth would be powerless to prevent them from doing and saying that which is meet and seemly.
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Excellence in All Things
#3, #4
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Contribution #2710
This people need no weapons of destruction, inasmuch as they have girded themselves to reconstruct the world. Their hosts are the hosts of goodly deeds, and their arms the arms of upright conduct, and their commander the fear of God.
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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
p. 74
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Contribution #2709
The fruits of the tree of man have ever been and are goodly deeds and a praiseworthy character.
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Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
p. 26
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Contribution #2708
It behooveth the people of Bahá to render the Lord victorious through the power of their utterance and to admonish the people by their goodly deeds and character, inasmuch as deeds exert greater influence than words.
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The Tablets of Bahu'u'llah
p. 57
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Contribution #2707
Help ye the one true God, exalted be His glory, by your goodly deeds, by such conduct and character as shall be acceptable in His sight.
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Gleainings from the Writings of Bahu'u'llah
p. 272
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Contribution #2705
O people of God! Do not busy yourselves in your own concerns; let your thoughts be fixed upon that which will rehabilitate the fortunes of mankind and sanctify the hearts and souls of men. This can best be achieved through pure and holy deeds, through a virtuous life and a goodly behavior. Valiant acts will ensure the triumph of this Cause, and a saintly character will reinforce its power.
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Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah
pp.93-94
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Contribution #2703
O children of Adam! Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory. Strive that your deeds may be cleansed from the dust of self and hypocrisy and find favor at the court of glory; for ere long the assayers of mankind shall, in the holy presence of the Adored One, accept naught but absolute virtue and deeds of stainless purity. This is the day-star of wisdom and of divine mystery that hath shone above the horizon of the divine will. Blessed are they that turn thereunto.
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The Hidden Words
Persian
#69
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Contribution #2701
O My Friends! Quench ye the lamp of error, and kindle within your hearts the everlasting torch of divine guidance. For ere long the assayers of mankind shall, in the holy presence of the Adored, accept naught but purest virtue and deeds of stainless holiness.
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The Hidden Words
Persian
#35
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Contribution #2700
So conscience for the sinner distorts the truth of the upright, but (his) soul is in agony at the judgment of the Chinvat Bridge, having strayed by his own deeds and tongue from the Path of Righteousness.
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Yasna
51:13
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Contribution #2697
But, being Yogi, striving strong and long, purged from transgressions, perfected by births following on births, he plants his feet at last upon the farther path.
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The Song Celestial
6:45
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Contribution #2686
The three greatest concerns of men are these: to make him who is an enemy a friend, to make righteous him who is wicked, and to make the ignorant learned.
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Shayast-La-Shayasts
20:6 GZ 32:1
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Contribution #2679
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
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Bible
1 Thessalonians
5:15
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Contribution #2673
If only it were all so simple, if only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
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The Gulag Archipelago
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Contribution #2643
Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.
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Talmud
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Contribution #2626
There are stars who's light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen appart. There are people who's remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow.
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Talmud
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Contribution #2620
Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.
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Talmud
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Contribution #2618
He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.
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Talmud
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Contribution #2617
A person’s pursuit of goodness leads to greatness, but the pursuit of greatness leads to ruin. Pursue goodness and you will achieve great things.
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
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I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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Lincoln's Own Stories
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Contribution #2444
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That is my religion.
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
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A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.
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It's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
For any human being, the purification of character is done thus . . . with good thoughts, good words, good deeds.
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Zoroastrian Teachings
Vendidad
10:10
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Contribution #2222
Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
Live so that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
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No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
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Of course it is a lot worthier to elevate oneself than to abase someone else. It is also a lot harder, and nature spontaneously levels everything the easy way. Moral excellence relates to culture, is an acquired trait, by virtue of which a human is courageous and just, worthy of praise.
Learning is the only wealth tyrants cannot despoil. Only death can dim the lamp of knowledge that is within you. The true wealth of a nation lies not in its gold or silver but in its learning, wisdom, and in the uprightness of its sons.
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The Voice of the Master
by trans. Anthony R. Ferris
Page 61
Published by Citadel Press
, New York
, 1958
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Contribution #2142
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.
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The aim of every political Constitution is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers, men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous, whilst they continue to hold their public trust.
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...[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted [early in life] are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous. ... The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world. ...
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Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters. ... If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation. ... [N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. ... No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved.
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The character that takes command in moments of crucial choices has already been determined by a thousand other choices made earlier in seemingly unimportant moments. It has been determined by all the 'little' choices of years past - by all those times when the voice of conscience was at war with the voice of temptation, [which was] whispering the lie that 'it really doesn't matter.' It has been determined by all the day-to-day decisions made when life seemed easy and crises seemed far away - the decision that, piece by piece, bit by bit, developed habits of discipline or of laziness; habits of self-sacrifice or self-indulgence; habits of duty and honor and integrity - or dishonor and shame.
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The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.
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The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.
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The intelligent and good man holds in his affections the good and true of every land--the boundaries of countries are not the limitations of his sympathies. Caring nothing for race, or color, he loves those who speak other languages and worship other gods. Between him and those who suffer, there is no impassable gulf. He salutes the world, and extends the hand of friendship to the human race. He does not bow before a provincial and patriotic god--one who protects his tribe or nation, and abhores the rest of mankind.
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What's God Got to Do with It?
by Editor: Tim Page
Page 27
Published by Steerforth Press
, Hanover, New Hampshire
, 2005
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Contribution #2072
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
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Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.
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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
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What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
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Phillipians
4:8
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Contribution #1914
It is within the power of every man to live nobly, but no man to live forever. Yet so many of us hope that life will go on forever, and so few aspire to live nobly.
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The World is my country; to do good is my religion.
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Thus says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.
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Bible
Jeremiah
6:16
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Contribution #1894
Throughout the nineteenth century the True, the Good, and the Beautiful preserved their precarious existence in the minds of earnest atheists. But their very earnestness was their undoing, since it made it possible for them to stop at a halfway house. Pragmatists explained that Truth is what it pays to believe. Historians of morals reduced the Good to a matter of tribal custom. Beauty was abolished by the artists in a revolt against the insipidities of a philistine epoch and in a mood of fury in which satisfaction is to be derived only from what hurts. And so the world was swept clear not only of God as a person but of God's essence as an ideal to which man owed an ideal allegiance; while the individual, as a result of crude and uncritical interpretation of sound doctrines, was left without any defense against social pressure.
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Two things fill the mind with ever increasing wonder and awe. The more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives about us, the value for good and evil, of the aims men have pursued and the means they have adopted. It is good, from time to time, to view the present as already past, and to examine what elements it contains that will add to the world's store of permanent possessions, that will live and give life when we and all our generation have perished.
We should remember our dying and try to live so that our death brings no pleasure to the world.
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True patriots believe that what enables a free society to remain strong is a set of traditional virtues and values: pragmatism tied to principle, honesty and integrity, hard work and personal initiative, self-sacrifice and self-discipline, fairness and compassion, the competitive striving and fair play, a desire to serve the nation and a kinship with the world.
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The True Patriot
Page 17-18
Published by True Patriot Network
, Seattle, WA, USA
, 2007
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Contribution #1654
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
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The Little Book of Chinese Proverbs
by Jonathan Clements
Page 159
Published by Barnes & Noble Books
, New York
, 2003
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Contribution #1600
The man who in the view of gain thinks of righteousness, who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life, and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends, such a man may be reckoned a complete man.
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The firm, the enduring, the simple and the modest are near to virtue.
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These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.
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The Eight Confucian Virtues: Benevolence, Righteousness, Courtesy, Wisdom, Fidelity, Loyalty, Filial Piety, and Service to Elders.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.
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Serenity, respect, simplicity, self-control, purity of thought
are virtues of the mind
Generosity, stillness, gratitude, happiness, purity of feeling
are virtues of the heart
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Heart of a Buddha
Published by Amitabha Publications
, Temple City, CA
, 2003
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Contribution #1469
To be
honorable in thoughts,
sincere in words,
good in deeds,
is to have
the heart of a Buddha
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Heart of a Buddha
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, 2003
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Contribution #1462
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good.
If a man's mind becomes pure,
his surroundings will also become pure.
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Heart of a Buddha
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, Temple City, CA USA
, 2003
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Contribution #1224
Even if everyone else
Is not doing good,
I alone will.
Even if everyone else
is doing wrong,
I alone will not.
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Mind of a Buddha
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Contribution #1220
The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.
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Virtues are acquired through endeavor,
Which rests wholly upon yourself.
So, to praise others for their virtues
can but encourage one's own efforts.
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Not to be cheered by praise,
Not to be grieved by blame,
But to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers--
Are the characteristics of an excellent man.
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The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.
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Virtue is indeed its own reward.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.
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In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
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One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.
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A large part of virtue consists in good habits.
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If you consider what are called the virtues in mankind, you will find their growth is assisted by education and cultivation.
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Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.
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To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
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Wisdom is know what to do next; virtue is doing it.
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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
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Life and Writings of Addison
by Lucy Aikin
Published in 1943
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Contribution #1165
Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.
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Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
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The true secret of natural goodness lies in the recognition of the contending rights of the Pairs of Opposites; there is no such antimony as between Good and Evil, but only balance between two extremes, each of which is evil when carried to excess, both of which give rise to evil if insufficient for equipoise.
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Ultimate Reality is not clearly and immediately apprehended except by those who have made themselves loving, pure in heart and poor in spirit.
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Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart.
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Pray to God and make your heart as pure as the star.
Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are.
We help others most by the example we set.
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The
habit of saving is itself an education. It fosters every virtue, teaches
self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so
broadens the mind.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
A
lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
There is a saying that Heaven is internal, humanity external and Virtue comes from the Heavenly.
Know Heaven and humanity's actions, root yourself in Heaven and follow Virture.
Then you can bend, stretch, rush forward or hold back, because you will always return to the core and it will be said you have achieved the supreme.
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The Book of Chuang Tzu
page143
Version or Translation Translated by Martin Palmer with Elizabeth Breuilly
Published by Penguin Arkana Books
Published in New York
Published in 1996
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Contribution #671
Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.
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Contribution #641
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
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Aristotle
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...the number of saintly men has not yet risen to the level where the census makes them a separate statistical category.
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Contribution #551
People must have righteous principles in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
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Martin Luther
Viewed on April 10, 2008
Contribution #473
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
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Contribution #471
Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful.
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William Shakespeare
Viewed on April 7, 2008
Contribution #164
What does virtue look like in a person?
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