Quotes about Morality

Human being's moral integrity begins when he is prepared to sacrifice his life for his convictions.

We who are sometimes obsessed with social conscience can no longer imagine a world without it, or a society that regards the suffering of the poor and others as the "will of God.

One must be more zealous to please God than to avoid sin. One must sacrifice oneself utterly to God's purposes, even to the point of possibly making moral mistakes. One's obedience to God must be forward-oriented and zealous and free, and to be a mere moralist or pietist would make such a life impossible:

No sooner is a playhouse opened in any part of the Kingdom than it at once becomes surrounded by a halo of brothels.

Anyone on the side of truth, wherever it led, was a compatriot to be lauded.

The Bonhoeffers raised their children to do the right thing, so when they behaved selflessly and bravely, it was difficult to argue.

They understood that freedom was not merely the freedom to be left alone; it was the freedom to do what was right.

The suppression of the Slave Trade and the reformation of manners.

Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.

Some wondered whether he was just kicking against the goads, but when someone asked Bonhoeffer whether he shouldn't join the German Christians in order to work against them from within, he answered that he couldn't. 'If you board the wrong train,' he said, 'it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction.

It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no God, there's no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.