Quotes about Morality
Disbelief is a sin, but honest unbelief is not.
— Peter Kreeft
Sociologists and anthropologists tell us that religion has three dimensions: creed, code, and cult; or words, works, and worship; or theology, morality, and liturgy.
— Peter Kreeft
But to observe our neighbor's faults with the intention of looking down upon them or of detracting them . . . is sinful.
— Peter Kreeft
F]or a thing to be evil, one single defect suffices, whereas for it to be good . . . it is not enough for it to be good in one point only, it must be good in every respect. . . .
— Peter Kreeft
of all the natural virtues these four are "cardinal," i.e., the hinges ("cardes") on which all other virtues turn, the foundations on which all the other virtues are built.
— Peter Kreeft
Murder and adultery are great crimes.
— Peter Kreeft
Even God cannot make us love him. "Forced love" is a meaningless impossibility, like "virtuous sin".
— Peter Kreeft
That's why contraception is wrong by nature: it's a limit, a "Wait! Hold! No! Not quite! We won't give each other Everything")
— Peter Kreeft
St. Augustine says, "If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
— Peter Kreeft
Morality flows from metaphysics because goodness flows from God.
— Peter Kreeft
manifests a good person, a good character, a good habit, and also because good deeds gradually form good habits, good character, good persons.
— Peter Kreeft
A habit is a stable disposition to act in a certain way, good or evil. Virtues are good habits; vices are bad habits.
— Peter Kreeft