Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.
I know myself too well to believe in pure virtue.
The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
In justice, all virtues are found in sum.
Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.
Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
You will regret many things in life but you will never regret being too kind or too fair.
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.
The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.
God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.