George Saunders Quotes About Virtue

Quotes about: Virtue

• I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly - in a good way.

  George Saunders

  Kindness, Simple, Thinking

  "George Saunders on Trump, Mystery, and Why He Rejects Social Media". Interview with Catherine Woodiwiss, sojo.net. August 30, 2016.

• The thing I've discovered that is a help is that there isn't a simple virtue or a simple vice. They're always connected. If you have Tendency A, that you loathe, you can almost be sure that Tendency B, which you love, is somehow connected to it.

  George Saunders

  Simple, Love Is, Vices

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• When we talk about adversity, this is the moment when character really gets tested. When things aren't going the way you want and you can't see anyway that they're going to go the way you want. That's kind of when those old virtues really become valuable and vulnerable also.

  George Saunders

  Character, Adversity, Want

  Source: therumpus.net

• It's a time when a lot of principle virtues are being tested. Do we still believe in the truth? Do we still believe in empathy? Do we still believe the protection of the weakest among us? These are yes or no questions, but the means of communication is all tied up with those virtues and you can't abandon those virtues as you pursue them.

  George Saunders

  Believe, Communication, Mean

  Source: therumpus.net

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