Quotes about Morality

May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please but as the opportunity to do what is right.

Goodness is both an ethical and an esthetic standard.

If we wish to be good, we must first believe that we are bad.

Who touches money touches dirt; and the less religion has to do with it, the better.

Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group: I think he preferred their company. Because the sinners were honest about themselves and had no pretense, Jesus could deal with them. In contrast, the saints put on airs, judged him, and sought to catch him in a moral trap. In the end it was the saints, not the sinners, who arrested Jesus.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness.

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

One is often guilty by being too just.

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.

We hear many persuasive voices demanding freedom from restrictions, particularly from moral restraints. However, we learn from the history of the earth that any successful society has had boundaries.

Here's why I cannot vote for Rudy Giuliani. He's pro-abortion. He's never repudiated gay marriage in New York City or at least the civil unions in New York City. He's called a champion of gay rights. Rudy is opposed to school choice. He's in favor of open borders.