[She politely listens without interruption, patient but impressed in the way someone would be listening to a child who has only done half of their homework.]
You speak of skills and principles, yes. But they are not our virtues.
To gloat in self-interest is not something of honor. To know is not to be able to reason. To know is not to be wise. Knowledge is just as useless a gift as an offering of water to the ocean... unless you plan to apply it.
Effort, made towards your principles, for the sake of the virtues.
[...
She sighs lightly, before gesturing with one of her hands.]
no subject
You speak of skills and principles, yes. But they are not our virtues.
To gloat in self-interest is not something of honor. To know is not to be able to reason. To know is not to be wise. Knowledge is just as useless a gift as an offering of water to the ocean... unless you plan to apply it.
Effort, made towards your principles, for the sake of the virtues.
[...
She sighs lightly, before gesturing with one of her hands.]
Let me see your palm.