Quotes about Morality

But why do we talk and gossip so continually, seeing that we so rarely resume our silence without some hurt done to our conscience?

Sometimes my sin is not what I do; it also describes what I don't do when I know I should.

You do not grow in holiness because of the praise you receive, nor do you become evil because of the blame poured upon you.

Profound theology doesn't make anyone righteous; what pleases me is an exemplary life. Regret for wrongdoing is better than knowing its definition.

For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God.

How great is the frailty of human nature which is ever prone to evil! Today you confess your sins and tomorrow you again commit the sins which you confessed.

If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death. It were better for thee to watch against sin, than to fly from death. If to-day thou art not ready, how shalt thou be ready to-morrow? To-morrow is an uncertain day; and how knowest thou that thou shalt have a to-morrow?

All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.

Anything done against faith or conscience is sinful.

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.

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.

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.