Quotes about Morality

What's the good? he'll always be innocent, you can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.

Innocence must die young if it isn't to kill the souls of men

There was not much one could do; he decided at least to be good.

You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless.

It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

What kind of holiness does the Western Church manifest today? To answer this, we need only ask: Are the prostitutes and tax collectors of our day attracted to us or repelled by us?

The result is that it has become humanly impossible for many around the globe to hear the good news as good. Instead, because of its kingdom-of-the-world associations, they hear the gospel as bad news, as American news, exploitive capitalistic news, greedy news, violent news, and morally decadent news. They can't see the beauty of the cross because everything the American flag represents to them is in the way.

Our choices matter. Much hangs in the balance. Our freedom is God's risk and our dignity.

Throughout the biblical narrative what sets humans apart from all animals is that humans alone possess a soul and therefore live eternally, reason, have moral capabilities, and can love. Unlike humans, nowhere are animals offered eternal life (John 3:15), commanded to think (Luke 10:27), held morally accountable (Ezek. 33:18—19), or commanded to love (John 15:17).

The dependability of the world which makes it possible for rational, morally responsible creatures to live works against us in certain circumstances.

Immorality, violence, and divorce, with their accompanying sorrows, plague society worldwide.