I never did a thing in all my life, virtuous or otherwise that I didn't repent of within twenty-four hours.
The Slothful do not have the time to become virtuous or despicable.
No longer virtuous no longer free; is a Maxim as true with regard to a private Person as a Common-wealth.
We, as Americans, have won the lottery of life and the distinction between us and people living in Kalighat is not that we are smarter, not that we're harder working, not that we're more virtuous - it's that we're luckier.
The world is ashamed of being virtuous.
Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instument will bind us together in mutual interests, mutual welfare, and mutual happiness. But when we become old and corrupt, it will bind no longer.
The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children return to school; violence against women declines; trade and economic activity resume; medical and other services become more accessible, and the international focus changes from relief to development and self-sufficiency. All this makes new wars less likely. It is a virtuous cycle that deserves nurture and support.
If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.
Men who have slandered the opposite sex have usually known women who were cleverer and more virtuous than they are.
We underestimate the value of patience. It is possible that people might sometimes interrupt our meditation sessions or Dharma study, but they can never take away our opportunity to train in inner virtues such as patience. It is this mental training, rather than outer virtuous activities, that is the essence of Dharma practice.
The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.
He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.
It is easy to be virtuous in prospective.
There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.
Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to convince himself.
In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.
Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
If love be a god, why should not lovers be virtuous?
Married people dont look like they have bedrooms on their minds when they look at each other. In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both. . . Not both.