Take the case of just actions; just punishments and chastisements do indeed spring from a good principle, but they are good only because we cannot do without them - it would be better that neither individuals nor states should need anything of the sort - but actions which aim at honor and advantage are absolutely the best. The conditional action is only the choice of a lesser evil; whereas these are the foundation and creation of good. A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life.
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A philosopher is someone who deeply contemplates fundamental questions about existence, ethics, knowledge, and the universe, often seeking to understand and interpret the world in profound ways.
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Love well, be loved and do something of value.
The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep.
Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation. These two, your talents and the needs of the world, are the great wake up calls to your true vocation in life... to ignore this, is in some sense, is to lose your soul.
It is the active exercise of our faculties in conformity with virtue that causes happiness, and the opposite activities its opposite.
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
The only way to achieve true success is to express yourself completely in service to society.
The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently. For the rest there is a second-best way of life, that of moral virtue and practical wisdom.
At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose
It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.