“Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don't you agree?” MenWayTryingMeanEvilGoalNaturalVirtueAchieveAgreeSeekingVarietyGood ManUnnaturalEvil Man Book:The Consolation of Philosophy Source: The Consolation of Philosophy
“[Prudence] is the virtue of that part of the intellect [the calculative] to which it belongs; and . . . our choice of actions will not be right without Prudence any more than without Moral Virtue, since, while Moral Virtue enables us to achieve the end, Prudence makes us adopt the right means to the end.” MeanEndsActionChoicesMoralVirtueAchieveIntellectPrudenceOur ChoicesMoral Virtues Author:Aristotle
“Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his Reason furnishing Means to achieve them. To train this Animal, and make him amenable to Order; to inure him to a Sense of Justice and Virtue, to withhold him from ill Courses by Fear, and encourage him in his Duty by Hopes; in short, to fashion and model him for Society, hath been the Aim of civil and religious Institutions; and, in all Times, the Endeavour of good and wise Men. The aptest Method for attaining this End, hath been always judged a proper Education.” MenMeanEndsReasonOrderPassionCoursesEvilReligiousJusticeAnimalEducationVirtueWiseAchieveFashionDutyModelsAimMethodInstitutionsTrainIllAll TimeEndeavorJudgedFormidableAmenable Author:George Berkeley
“It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a way that the stratagems and ruses may be used in achieving either rational or moral virtues, or in achieving skill in a practical art, or in working evil and wickedness.” WayMayArtUsedEvilMoralVirtueAchieveSkillsPracticalsRationalApplicationWickednessHebrewAptitudeStratagemMoral Virtues Book:A Maimonides Reader Source: A Maimonides Reader
“Freedom is not just something with which we are born; it is something we achieve. America did not receive a perpetual endowment of freedom; it has had to struggle and fight to preserve it. Freedom is not an heirloom or an antique; it is a life that must fight against the corrosive powers of death and nourish itself on the daily bread of goodness and virtue.” AmericaFightingBornStruggleVirtueAchieveGoodnessBreadPreservesPerpetualAntiquesEndowmentDaily BreadHeirlooms Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Morality can muddle mystical understanding and virtue is only necessary in so far as it favours success. All wisdom must be encompassed in order to achieve enlightenment.” OrderUnderstandingVirtueAchieveMoralityEnlightenmentMysticalFavourMuddle Author:Aleister Crowley
“Liberty is the essential precondition for achieving virtue... In order to exercise virtue, we need to have the ability to choose freely.” NeedsOrderAbilityLibertyVirtueAchieveExerciseEssentialsAbility To Choose Author:Dinesh D'Souza