Quotes About Morality

Contemporary Christians have declared war on individual immorality but seem remarkably silent about the evil of systems, especially corporate greed and malfeasance. (p. 176)

Refusal to participate is a moral choice. Water is a gift for all, not meant to be bought and sold. Don't buy it. When food has been wrenched from the earth, depleting the soil and poisoning our relatives in the name of higher yields, don't buy it.

The fear for me is that the world has been turned inside out, the dark side made to seem light. Indulgent self-interest that our people once held to be monstrous is now celebrated as success. We are asked to admire what our people viewed as unforgivable.

That is not a gift of life; it is a theft.

I'd sooner, except the penalties, kill a man than a hawk.

Jack narrowed his eyes. "Why can't you be just a hundred percent good or a hundred percent bad? Why do you have to keep me all confused all the time?

What we wish other people would do has nothing to do with us. That's not moral fiber, that's being judgmental and unforgiving." "I've never been judgmental or unforgiving a day in my life," Maureen protested. "Know

Basically, even good people do really bad things if they think no one cares. The banality of evil.

But the people who did this? Hell wasn't bad enough for them.

Good people can't imagine evil. It catches us by surprise, and it always will.

she wondered if justice was possible in a world full of profoundly evil and damaged human beings, in a veritable universe of damage.

We may not be perfect, but we're good, and good people can't imagine evil. It catches us by surprise, and it always will. We don't know the first thing about the kind of evil that would sacrifice a child.

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No matter what you're feeling or how desperate you become, always take a moral position. If you do that, God will watch over you.

The realization that truth, forgiveness, and goodness are more important than revenge, condemnation, and cruelty gives me courage and certainty.

Store up good deeds and you will meet with good. Store up evil actions and you will meet with evil.

It's hard for a snake to go back to Hell once its had a taste of Heaven.

What is the difference between justice and revenge? he asked. ... Revenge seeks chaos, he said. Justice seeks balance. That's the difference.

Why did people think that was okay, to kill something and stick its head on your wall?