“Virtue is the great problem solver. Wherever there is a problem there is a virtue which, when practiced, will solve it. The need may be for patience, courage, intelligence, forgiveness, creativity, or any others in the great pantheon of virtues. Practicing virtues, or even endeavoring to practice them, turns individuals into heroes. When things are bad, the temptation is to behave badly. But we will only solve problems by being good. There’s no limit to how good we can be. But we have to take these tools, the virtues, in our hands and use them.”

by Alex Cook