Virtue Quotes

Inquiries should be directed not to what others have thought, not to what we ourselves conjecture, but to what we can clearly and perspicuously behold and with certainty deduce; for knowledge is not won in any other way.

~Renes Descartes

If we could see the miracle of a single flower our whole life would change

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all living things. ~Thomas Merton

Virtues: Love, Compassion, Charity

Photo: Neighbor's garden, Urbana IL.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesteron

Virtue: Gratitude

Photo: Sunset in east Champaign County, IL (March 2015)

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for. ~Willian G. T. Shedd

Virtue: Courage

Photo: San Fransisco Bay, California

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. ~Carl Sagan

Virtues: Wonder, Spirituality

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Be patient and kind to yourself. In time, you will transform. ~Think. Love. Live.

Virtues: Self-Compassion, Trust, Kindness, Patience

Photo: Monarch Chrysalis in Neighbor's Garden, Urbana IL (September 2014)

Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.

~Albert Einstein

Virtues: Understanding, Knowledge, Curiosity

Photo: Near Bell Smith Springs, Southern IL, overlayed with magnolia tree from C-U, IL.

The earth has music for those who listen. ~George Santayana

Virtues: Consideration, Focus, Wisdom

Photo: Eureka Springs, AR

The world hates change, yet it's the only thing that has brought progress.

~Charles Kettering

Virtues: Openness, Flexibility, Discernment

Photo: Somewhere over the midwest.

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