“The healthy spirit of self-help created among working people would, more than any other measure, serve to raise them as a class; and this, not by pulling down others, but by levelling them up to a higher and still advancing standard of religion, intelligence, and virtue.” PeopleStillsSelfHelpingSpiritClassVirtueSelf HelpHigherHealthyStandardsRaisesPullingAdvancing Author:Samuel Smiles
“Virtue is the panacea for both body and mind. The virtuous person can be both healthy and happy. How is virtue to be cultivated? How can it express itself in daily practice? Through service to living beings, through seva. Virtue must flow through the triple channel of love, mercy and detachment, in order to feed the roots of seva.” MindPersonsBodyOrderPracticeVirtueHealthyFlowRootsMercyVirtuousMind And BodyDetachmentPanaceaHealthy And Happy Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.” IfsMindMotivationalAgeOrderWishVirtueExerciseHealthyHorseAgingPresidentialHumankindYouth And Old Age Author:John Adams
“A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living.” SoulWholeLife IsFoundSocialCommunityVirtueHealthyReflectionMirrorsSocial LifeCommunity BuildingServing The CommunityBuilding CommunityCommunity Living Author:Rudolf Steiner
“The mark of a mature, psychologically healthy mind is indeed the ability to live with uncertainty and ambiguity, but only as much as there really is. Uncertainty is no virtue when the facts are clear, and ambiguity is mere obfuscation when more precise terms are applicable.” MindFactsTermAbilityVirtueClearHealthyMarkMereUncertaintyMaturePreciseAmbiguityHealthy MindObfuscation Author:Julian Baggini