Quotes About Morality

Weapons are inauspicious instruments, not the tools of the enlightened. When there is no choice but to use them, it is best to be calm and free from greed, and not celebrate victory. Those who celebrate victory are bloodthirsty, and the bloodthirsty cannot have their way with the world.

5,6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger. Excerpt From: Sunzi. "The Art of War." iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. 3.    The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field. 4.    These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.

5, 6. The MORAL LAW causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.

1) La Ley Moral, (2) el Cielo, (3) la Tierra, (4) El Comandante, (5) El Método y la Disciplina.

When the general is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules to guide the officers and men and when the formations are slovenly the army is in disorder.

1) Which of the two sovereigns is imbued with the Moral law? (2) Which of the two generals has most ability? (3) With whom lie the advantages derived from Heaven and Earth? (4) On which side is discipline most rigorously enforced? (5) Which army is stronger? (6) On which side are officers and men more highly trained? (7) In which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment?

1. Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. 3. The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field. 4. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline.

Megan's right about my being a sinner. But she's wrong about hell. You don't have to wait until you're dead to get there.

There are many reasons for a person to lie, but to have a reason to tell the truth, you much have a deep belief, and great courage.

You cannot repay evil with evil.

What I want most of all is that you live in uprightness and freedom of spirit, no matter how difficult that may be. —Robert Scholl

There are many reasons for a person to lie, but to have a reason to tell the truth, you must have deep belief. And great courage.

stolen property vanishes because somebody has taken it; that a murdered man dies because somebody has killed him.

After reading the Qur'an, I realized that I couldn't possibly endorse Islam as a religion, as a philosophy, as a moral standard, as an ethical code, or even as useful fiction. I determined that these philosophies and this image of Allah could only come from an extremely warped and disturbed person who suffered from an aggregation of the most severe and profound human weaknesses.

The dangers of one-man rule—of a president who would seek to "perpetuate himself in office"—could be realized, he wrote, only in "the last stage of corrupted morals and political depravity." And at that grim point, term limits would be of no consequence.

Never has a book been as sorely misused as the Bible to justify beatings.

Morality's like mink," I said. "It's great if you can afford it.

one should stick to one's principles and never compromise them just to do the done thing!

It's not enough to do one's best. One should do what one knows to be right

In our time, we couldn't find a virgin—of either sex—over the age of sixteen.

He must be really smart. That must make you proud. I certainly couldn't design a website and entice people to sign up for a cattle-drive vacation." Zane's ever-so-perfect mouth tightened. "He lied, stole and committed fraud. Pride doesn't much enter into it for me." Phoebe hunched down in her seat. "If you're going to put it like that," she mumbled and turned her attention to the scenery.

Whatever the outcome, she would have done the right thing, which meant she would be able to sleep that night. Some days that was as good as it was going to get.

Being a good man has nothing to do with how many touchdowns you score. But maybe, rather, how you play the game.