"Virtue is not an abstract notion. **We are not clearing our minds and separating the essential from the inessential for the purposes of a parlor trick**. Nor are we improving ourselves so that we can get richer or more powerful. **We are doing it to live better** and be better." ([Location 2666](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=2666)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[mindfulness]], [[Gandalf the Grey]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]