Quotes about Morality

If every man had faith, we would need no more laws, but every one would of himself at all times do good works, as his confidence in God teaches him.

He who sleeps does not sin.

For when the heart is evil, all its works are evil, no matter how splendid they are.

Here we must first of all resist all wrong, where truth or righteousness suffers violence or need, and dare make no distinction of persons, as some do, who fight most actively and busily against the wrong which is done to the rich, the powerful, and their own friends; but when it is done to the poor, or the despised or their own enemy, they are quiet and patient.

For I shall never advise a heathen or a Turk, let alone a Christian, to attack another or begin war.

It never does any good when one knave punishes another without first becoming good himself.

True, then, are these two sayings: "Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works";

So we are not sinners because we commit this or that sin, but we commit them because we are sinners first.

115. Learn, then, what a hypocrite is; namely, one who lays claim to the worship of God and to charity, and yet, at the same time, destroys the worship of God and slaughters his brother.

We shall understand why a Christian observes laws: For the peace of the world, out of gratitude to God, and for a good example that others may be attracted to the Gospel.

For so it usually happens in the world. Righteous men are regarded as sinners and vice versa.

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.