Virtues list
“Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” Leonard Cohen (Canadian folk Singer, Song Writer, Poet and Novelist. b.1934)
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” Ralph Waldo Emerson?
“Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.” ― Mahatma Gandhi?
“Seven Qualities of the enlightened soul” Baha’i World Faith. p. 384. 1. Knowledge, 2. Faith, 3. Steadfastness, 4. Truthfulness, 5. Uprightness, 6. Fidelity, 7. Evanescence or humility,
assertiveness, caring, cleanliness, compassion, confidence, consideration, courage, courtesy, creativity, detachment, determination, enthusiasm, excellence, faithfulness, flexibility, forgiveness, friendliness, generosity, gentleness, gratitude, helpfulness, honesty, honor, humility, idealism, joyfulness, justice, kindness, love, loyalty, mercy, moderation, modesty, obedience, orderliness, patience, peacefulness, prayerfulness, purposefulness, reliability, respect, responsibility, reverence, self-discipline, service, steadfastness, tact, thankfulness, tolerance, trust, trustworthiness, truthfulness, unity,
see also virtues training
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Schaefer, Udo. 1995. “The New morality: An outline.” Baha’i Studies Review. 5:1. Association for Baha’i Studies English-Speaking Europe, 1995
“Abstract: This paper proposes that Bahá’u'lláh’s ethical teachings and injunctions, the “Straight Path” to human happiness, provide a coherent moral system. It suggests that a Bahá’í “hierarchy of virtues” rests on several metaphysical premises: God is the source of absolute moral values; man is in full control of his drives and actions and therefore morally responsible; virtuous behaviour is rewarded in the afterlife. Bahá’í ethics can be subdivided into two types of ethical instructions which are complementary. One is teleological (an ethic of virtue, aiming at “good deeds” and “a praiseworthy character”); the other is deontological (laws, commandments, prohibitions). Another classification is into three categories of virtues, constituting duties to God, to oneself and to others: the “theological virtues”, the “virtues of the Path”, and the “worldly virtues”, of which justice has been assigned the highest rank.”
“Following Plato and Aristotle, modern virtue ethics has always emphasised the importance of moral education, not as the inculcation of rules but as the training of character.”SEP
