morality Quotes (22)

“Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.”

“War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.”

“Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.”

“Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.”

“In our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.”

“Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.”

“The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.”

“Bad habits indulged in become crimes.”

“Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion – it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals.”

“To meditate an injury is to commit one.”

“Neutral men are the devil's allies.”

“The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.”

“A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.”

“Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.”

“How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.”

“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”

“He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.”

“If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.”

“He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.”

“Humility is the foundation of all virtues.”

“Nothing is more sacred than the integrity within our hearts.”

“Honor is the outward conscience, and conscience is the inward honor.”