Quotes about Morality

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.

Doing well is a result of doing good.

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.

A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature

laws of moral nature answer to those of matter as face

Transcendentalists have been accused of being rebels and rule-breakers. But if they disregard society's customs and laws, it's because they're listening to conscience and obeying the Law Maker within. There are situations where virtue asks us to break the rules.

Character teaches above our wills. Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.