Category: Virtues

“The world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs. Do not try to make it G by imagining the shadows away. Do not try to hide your children

“Be benevolent as long as you live! What has come out of the storeroom cannot return.”  —Ptahhotep There’s no sense in keeping locked away in a storeroom what should be

“Every interaction with another human being can potentially be understood in terms of justice.” —Virtues: A Very Short Introduction Our first three virtues—humility, prudence, and temperance—set the foundation for us,

“As if our touch were infectious, we by our handling corrupt things that of themselves are beautiful and good. We can grasp virtue in such a way that it will

“I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don’t make up

“I have three treasures which I preserve and treasure. The first is compassion, the second is frugality, the third is daring not to be first in the world.”  —Lao Tzu

“Our primary business in life is not business, or construction work, or sales, or teaching, or even motherhood, but becoming a complete human being.” Peter Kreeft This fall, we made