Vision And Virtue This article explore the relationship between Vision And Virtue. Do we want our children to know what honesty means? Then we might teach them about Abe Lincoln walking three miles to return six cents and, conversely, about Aesop’s shepherd boy who cried wolf.One way to counter moral...
Virtue: A Catholic View Definitions According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage. “Appelata est enim a viro virtus: viri autem propria maxime est fortitudo” (“The term virtue is from the word that signifies man; a man’s chief quality is fortitude”; Cicero, “Tuscul.”, I, xi, 18). Taken in...
Virtue And The Art of Living The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines virtue as “an habitual and firm disposition to do the good” (no. 1803). Think of virtue as a skill that enables one to do the right thing easily and to love God and neighbor as if it were second...
Men And Virtue The time-tested road maps leading to virtuous Christian manhood have been lost. Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue will help Catholic men recover the virtuous life and become authentic men of God. Every father needs a few essential books in his father’s ‘tool box’. This book...
For The Conquest and Dominion of Hearts For The Conquest and Dominion of Hearts is about morality and human virtues. Over the last few centuries mankind have suffered hardships after hardships, travelling around pits of ‘death’. Their struggles for deliverance and relief have all resulted in new calamities. During this...
Good Ethical Conduct And High Virtues What are the ways of internalizing good ethical conduct and high virtues so as to make them a part of our nature? Virtues such as sincerity (ikhlas1), loyalty, refraining from backbiting or suspicion2 are among the essentials of good conduct every believing person must...
Muhammad’s Character And High Morality This article covers Muhammad’s Character and High Morality, written by M. Fethullah Gulen. If a man’s universally admired accomplishments, wealth, and fame do not change him, and he remains as humble as he was at the beginning of his career, this shows an impressive strength...
Moral Transformation Of Muhammad’s Companions After Islam How Would You Describe the Moral Transformation of the Prophet’s Companions after the Advent of Islam? The Messenger of God lived in an age where well-manner had been long forgotten and in a place in which daughters were subject to infanticide. You will...
What Ever We Have Is A Blessing Of God This article, What Ever We Have Is A Blessing of God, shows the importance of thankfulness to God. Essentially, a man has no right to question God Almighty for what He gives or does not give him. For, first of all,...
Personal Morality in the Talmud This article covers the personal morality in the Talmud. The Talmud is concerned with man himself, and not only with the social consequences of his actions. Scattered throughout Talmudic literature, we have therefore a description of the ideal in human character. It is inspired by...
Ethics In Religion This article covers ethics in religion. Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. A central aspect of ethics is “the good life”, the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying, which is held by many philosophers to be more important than traditional moral conduct....
The Generations Of Hope The generations of hope, which are, with respect to the present, the representatives of science, knowledge, faith, morality, and art, are also the architects of the spirits of the people who will succeed us. They will pour out to the needy hearts the purest inspirations of...
Conscience Quotes We have collected and put the best Conscience Quotes in many categories. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. May these Conscience Quotes on many subjects inspire you to never give up and keep working towards your...
Quotes About Morals We have collected and put the best Quotes About Morals. Enjoy reading these insights and feel free to share this page on your social media to inspire others. May these Quotes About Morals on many subjects inspire you to never give up and keep working towards your...
The True Long Life This a short writing about how to live the true long life. The really long-lived are not those who live long but those who can make their lives as fruitful as possible. In view of this standard, as there may be those who, though a hundred...
The Virtue Of Integrity We need integrity to become who we are, so that we can complement God’s gift to us with our gift to Him. Although we often lack integrity in ourselves, we are usually quick to recognize and denounce it in others. At the opposite ends of the...
Integrity In The Moment Of Choice Whenever you make a new commitment to yourself, such as to begin a new exercise program, you will undoubtedly be challenged. A large part of life lies outside your direct control, and one of those external influences will eventually impact you and press you...
Integrity Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles or moral uprightness. It is a personal choice to hold one’s self to consistent standards. The word integrity is from Old French integrité innocence, blamelessness; chastity, purity, or directly from Latin integritatem “soundness, wholeness, completeness,” figuratively “purity, correctness,...
What Is The Cause Of Social Injustices? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Is The Cause Of Social Injustices?” The cause of all revolutions and social upheavals, and the root of all moral failings, are these two attitudes or approaches. First: I don’t care if others die...
What Is Morality? Morality is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper. Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of conduct from a particular philosophy, religion or culture, or it can derive from a standard that a person believes...