"Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?"

Virtue, Desire, Man, Vice

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"Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?"

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"For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"It is this spirit of godliness that will bring forth the attributes, the principles and the life style of godliness."

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"Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear."

Rumi, Persian Poet

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"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"I didn't really want to come back here and again have to feel like my lungs were drowning in this perverse nostalgia."

John Green, American Author

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"The greater the wisdom, the greater the mind. The greater the courage, the greater the heart. The greater the love, the greater the soul."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"It is better to be a discipline than a follower."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"For every seed of godliness, kindness and justice sowed, there will be surely be a harvest of goodness, significance and greatness."

"It is this spirit of godliness that will bring forth the attributes, the principles and the life style of godliness."

"Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up."

"Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear."

"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."

"I didn't really want to come back here and again have to feel like my lungs were drowning in this perverse nostalgia."

"The greater the wisdom, the greater the mind. The greater the courage, the greater the heart. The greater the love, the greater the soul."

"It is better to be a discipline than a follower."

"When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous."

"We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift."

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"I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life."

"It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal."

"The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs."

"Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?"