Quotes about Ethics
Of two evils we must always choose the least.
— Thomas a Kempis
He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.
— Thomas a Kempis
But why do we talk and gossip so continually, seeing that we so rarely resume our silence without some hurt done to our conscience?
— Thomas a Kempis
Sometimes my sin is not what I do; it also describes what I don't do when I know I should.
— Thomas a Kempis
You do not grow in holiness because of the praise you receive, nor do you become evil because of the blame poured upon you.
— Thomas a Kempis
He who shaneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.
— Thomas a Kempis
Charity is love; not all love is charity.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Now just vengeance is taken only for that which is done unjustly; hence that which provokes anger is always something considered in the light of an injustice.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Moreover, virtue is not concerned with the amount of pleasure experienced by the external sense, as this depends on the disposition of the body; what matters is how much the interior appetite is affected by that pleasure.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
— St. Thomas Aquinas