“Human freedom is realised in the adoption of humanity as an end in itself, for the one thing that no-one can be compelled to do by another is to adopt a particular end. - 'Metaphysical Principles of Virtue” HumansEndsHumanityPrinciplesVirtueOne ThingParticularAdoptionMetaphysicalCompelledRealisedHuman Freedom Author:Immanuel Kant
“There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.” WorldKindUsePurposeVirtueOne Thing Author:Epictetus
“It is one thing to say, "Some men shall rule," quite another to declare, "All men shall rule," and that in virtue of the most primitive, the most rudimentary attribute they possess, that namely of sex.” MenSexVirtueOne ThingSexismAttributesPrimitiveMale Dominance Author:Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi
“I have sought earnestly and with great diligence that good and high virtue by which man may draw closest to God... and as far as my intelligence would permit, I find that high virtue to be pure disinterest, that is, detachment from creatures. Our Lord said to Martha 'Unum est necessarium', which is to say; to be untroubled and pure, one thing is necessary and that is disinterest.” MenMaySaidWisdomFunLordVirtueOne ThingPureCreaturesDrawsPermitClosestDetachmentOur LordDiligenceDisinterest Author:Meister Eckhart
“Art is the one thing that's the universal virtue that you can have in any class.” ArtClassVirtueOne ThingArt IsUniversal Author:Geoff Rickly