Quotes About Morality

Yahu, komünist Rusya'ya bile iÅŸçi gönderecekler ha? Paran?n komünisti, faÅŸisti, dini iman? olur mu arkadaÅŸ, para parad?r, gelsin de nerden gelirse gelsin. Ben komünistin paras?n? al?p cami yapt?rd?ktan, kuran kursu açt?ktan sonra bir günah? yok ki... Üstelik sevab? bile var.

Bu vicdan azab? denilen ÅŸeyi hiçkimse kendisi hat?rlam?yor. Herkes, baÅŸkalar?n?n çekmeleri gereken vicdan azab?n? biliyor.

Bad things don't happen to Bad people. Bad things happen to Good people to make them Great people.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

Any activity that adversely affects society is immoral.

There are two messages from theory of Karma. Our condition in this life is determined by our deeds in previous life. We must do good in this life to improve our conditions in next life.

There is no logical answer to the question ' Why be moral'. Religions provide practical answers to the question.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

He may realize that the world is a jungle. But if he has seen that it could be better for anyone if the simple principles of decency and kindliness were generally applied, then he must in honesty try to practice these consistently and to live, personally, as if they were general. In other words, he must follow the light he has seen.

After all, there are "good" behaviors and "bad" behaviors—are they really equivalent?

It is only the power of discretion to distinguish between good and evil that makes a man out of his beastly inclinations.

Like gold is tested by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating so also a man is tested by his sacrifice, moral conduct, innate qualities and his actions.

Between the wicked and the snake, the snake is less evil because it stings once while the wicked stings on every step.

If a pickpocket meets a Holy Man, he will see only His pockets.

A man that hath no virtue in himself ever envieth virtue in others.

Therefore, as atheism is in all respects hateful, so in this, that it depriveth human nature of the means to exalt itself, above human frailty.

If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

Some build rather upon the abusing of others, and (as we now say) putting tricks upon them, than upon soundness of their own proceedings.

I cannot call riches better than the baggage of virtue. The Roman word is better, impedimenta. For as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue.

They say that it is a pity, the devil should have God's part, which is the tithe.

There was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.