Anscombe, Elizabeth

"Ignorance of the good is a kind of tragedy."

"The meaning of words is not arbitrary."

"We cannot understand action without understanding intention."

"Philosophy is not a luxury; it is a necessity."

"The object of thought is reality, not our subjective experience."

"Virtue is not a feeling; it is a practice."

"The modern substitution of 'preference' for 'value' is deeply corrosive."

"One cannot argue someone into virtue."

"The concept of duty has been nearly extinguished."

"Good reasons must be grounded in reality."

"To abandon natural law is to abandon morality itself."

"The virtuous life requires practice and habit."

"Words are not mere sounds; they carry meaning."

"Modern man thinks he is above the natural law."

"Conscience is not the last court of appeal."

"The pursuit of virtue is the pursuit of what is genuinely good."

"One must be honest about what one is doing."

"The destruction of metaphysics has left us adrift."

"Happiness is not the highest good."

"The virtues are connected to human flourishing."

"Philosophy without rigor is mere opinion."

"To act well, one must think well."

"The modern age has made a virtue of detachment."

"Real freedom requires understanding the good."

"The concept of human nature has been abandoned at great cost."

"Virtue ethics is not about calculating consequences."

"Modern ethics has become utterly confused about what counts as a reason."

"The natural law is written in human nature."

"One cannot be truly free while enslaved to vice."

"The virtuous person has the right feelings at the right time."