We speak of virtue, honour, reason; but our thought does not translate any one of these concepts into a substance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
Being, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our attention, not to fetter it.
The word of God teacheth lowliness of mind; it teacheth us to know ourselves.
Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.
Virtue can only flourish among equals.
Substance must emanate from spirit and is nothing else than the record of the spirit's conception of itself finding expression in space and time.
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.