The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. Rene Descartes Mind Virtue
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter. Max Planck Mind Intelligence Virtue
To give style to one's character - a great and rare art! He exercises it who surveys all that his nature presents in strength and weakness and then moulds it to an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason, and even the weaknesses delight the eye. Friedrich Nietzsche
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. Henri Matisse Let-go Dreams
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. Napoleon Bonaparte Virtue
Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Power Virtue Passion
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues. Quintilian Ambition Virtue
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate. Rene Descartes Mind Learning
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. Voltaire Mind Virtue