Quotes about Morality

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.

Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.

Consistent prayer is the desire to do right.

A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is then no longer a thief.

We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives by love is saved by his faith in the God whose existence (under that name) he denies.

Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.

God Almighty has set before me two Great Objects: the supression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of Manners.

What a difference it would be if our system of morality were based on the Bible instead of the standards devised by cultural Christians.