Quotes about Morality
Paray? lanetleyen insan, onu ?erefsizce elde etmi?tir; ona sayg? duyan insan, hak ederek kazanm??t?r.
— Ayn Rand
Religion forces every individual to take responsibility. Specifically, take it away from yourself and give it to God. If we had to be accountable for every one of our actions, we'd be crippled with indecision. But with religion pointing the way, we can feel confident in our choice to picket our children's elementary school when we find out the art teacher is gay.
— Stephen Colbert
Our problems don't stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.
— Stephen Covey
Science tries to record and explain the factual character of the natural world, whereas religion struggles with spiritual and ethical questions about the meaning and proper conduct of our lives. The facts of nature simply cannot dictate correct moral behavior or spiritual meaning.
— Stephen Jay Gould
Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves.
— Stephen Kendrick
It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
To love is to will the good of the other.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
— Albert Einstein
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
— Confucius
Once that living love is destroyed by contraception, abortion follows very easily.
— Mother Teresa
Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.
— Confucius