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“Great virtues may draw attention from defects, they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by pebbles is still a gem.”

May Stills Common Attention Virtue Draws Stones Remains Diamond Defects Gems Pebbles Sanctify

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs.”

Mean Attention Virtue Spring Roots Instruments Excellence Compelled Manuals

Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion

Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion

“Attention is the cardinal psychological virtue. On it depends perhaps the other cardinal virtues, for there can hardly be faith nor hope nor love for anything unless it first receives attention.”

Firsts Attention Virtue Depends Psychological Cardinals

Book:The Essential James Hillman: A Blue Fire

Source: The Essential James Hillman: A Blue Fire