If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay deep foundations of humlilty. Author: Augustine |
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. Author: Augustine |
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. Author: Augustine |
Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases. - Arnold Glasow Author: Assorted Authors |
To love God is the greatest of virtues; to be loved by God is the greatest of blessings. - Author Unknown Author: Unknown Authors |
Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases. - Author Unknown Author: Unknown Authors |
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It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Author: C.S. Lewis Source: The Abolition of Man |
If we are to have values at all we must accept the ultimate platitudes of Practical Reason as having absolute validity. Author: C.S. Lewis Source: The Abolition of Man |
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. Author: C.S. Lewis |
Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. Author: C.S. Lewis |
Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again. Author: C.S. Lewis |
Virtue-even attempted virtue-brings light; indulgence brings fog. Author: C.S. Lewis |