Quotes About Morality

I want to stay young and pure and free, unstained by the sin of Eve.

CUNNINGHAM: Mother Teresa, if abortion is so terrible, then how come I'm not in Hell? MOTHER TERESA: I don't know. Did anybody tell you you weren't? CUNNINGHAM: Must be nice to have all the answers.

CUNNINGHAM: Mother Teresa, if abortion is so terrible, then how come I'm not in Hell? MOTHER TERESA: I don't know. Did anybody tell you you weren't? CUNNINGHAM: Must be nice to have all the answers. MOTHER TERESA: Must be hard to have only questions.

All men ultimately want to know two things—'To whom do I owe thanks that I should live in such opportunity?' And, 'Will I have the courage when the time comes?

Thus awakening is not a state but a process: an ethical way of life and commitment that enables human flourishing.

If Buddhists choose to model their lives on the liberated arahant—or the idealized Mahayana bodhisattva, for that matter—rather than follow the example of Gotama, then I wonder how Buddhism will find a compelling voice to address the pressing issues of our world today.

We do teach our kids the golden rule - Do as you would be done by.

Honesty doesn't excuse ignorance. But it helps.

To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.

I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.

I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that these people exist.

Du bist nicht deshalb mächtig, weil du stark bist, Christopher. Du bist mächtig, weil du gut bist.

have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time

In French eyes, it was of course doubly wrong to execute a beautiful woman.

Religion forces every individual to take responsibility. Specifically, take it away from yourself and give it to God. If we had to be accountable for every one of our actions, we'd be crippled with indecision. But with religion pointing the way, we can feel confident in our choice to picket our children's elementary school when we find out the art teacher is gay.

Used books are the sluts of the literary world. Passed around from person to person, spreading their pages for anyone, getting cheaper and cheaper until eventually they end up in prison.

Our problems don't stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.

It was wrong to do this, said the angel. You should live like a flower, Holding malice like a puppy, Waging war like a lambkin. Not so, quoth the man Who had no fear of spirits; It is only wrong for angels Who can live like the flowers, Holding malice like the puppies, Waging war like the lambkins.

No man can observe you as I have observed you and not know that it was a matter of conscience with you, but I am afraid, my friend, that it is one of the blunders of virtue. The

In my interviews with World War II veterans, they sometimes tell me that the reason they fought was they had learned as children the difference between right and wrong and they didn't want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed, so they fought.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."35

What surer guaranty can the capitalist find for the security of his investments, than is to be found in the sense of a community morally and intellectually enlightened?

But you can't argue that the world isn't in an unhealthy moral state. Wouldn't think of it dearest. People lie, cheat, rape, swindle, kill, maim, torture and destroy. Bad thing. People also pop into bed together and cosy up. Good thing. If we think fucking is a sign of moral decay then we're a little bit stupid-stupid, aren't we?

Part of life is learning what to be ashamed of and what to be proud of.