Quotes about Ethics
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
- Martin Luther
A man cannot do good before he is made good.
- Martin Luther
Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
- Martin Luther
Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.
- Martin Luther
A unjust law, is no law at all.
- Martin Luther
People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
- Martin Luther
If every man had faith, we would need no more laws, but every one would of himself at all times do good works, as his confidence in God teaches him.
- Martin Luther
to live in good morals means calm and peace for the conscience, however much disquiet there may be in the flesh in public.
- Martin Luther
Each must watch over his own conscience, and therefore each must have the right to judge spirits and prophets; but no one has the right to take the sword for himself.
- Martin Luther
He who sleeps does not sin.
- Martin Luther
For when the heart is evil, all its works are evil, no matter how splendid they are.
- Martin Luther
For I shall never advise a heathen or a Turk, let alone a Christian, to attack another or begin war.
- Martin Luther