Content tagged virtue

Blog Entries

Ideology and Sustainability: “For many, prophesying doom if we don’t change our ways, is a signal of virtue.” Part of a set of pages on … gulfstream/1016

“The Virtue of Idleness.” gulfstream/1520

Quotes Collected

The disconnect between last Tuesday's monstrous dose of reality and the self-righteous drivel and outright deceptions being peddled by public figures … quotes/380

To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, … quotes/136

Even the world of criticism has a modest pouch of private words (_luminous_, _taut_), whose only virtue is that they are exceptionally nimble and can … quotes/20

All our days are so unprofitable while they pass, that 'tis wonderful where or when we ever got anything of this which we call wisdom, poetry, virtue. … emerson/22

When someone says that he lacks self-esteem he says it as if he were denied something that is his of right. Merely by virtue of drawing breath, each person … dalrymple/4

Among these is the view that those who are, or have been, seriously ill are heroes and heroines merely by virtue of their present or past suffering. This … dalrymple/3

Of a man's abilities first comes knowledge of the teachings of the sages, by a clear understanding of literature. Next is hand-writing, which should … kenko/15