"Nothing is virtuous if it is not spontaneous."

-- Marilyn Wilhelm

"In an age of interdependence the old virtues -- in fact any virtue possessed as an attainment rather than shared as a community good -- directly threatens us all."

-- F. Forrester Church

"Efficiency has been oversold as a virtue."

-- Bill McKibben

"Being happy is a virtue too."

-- Ludwig Borne

"Virtue is nothing else but action in accordance with the laws of one's own nature."

-- Spinoza

"Virtue abides in the natural. "

-- Chuang Tzu