Quotes about Morality

A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.

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

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is then no longer a thief.

We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives by love is saved by his faith in the God whose existence (under that name) he denies.

Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects.

God Almighty has set before me two Great Objects: the supression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of Manners.

What a difference it would be if our system of morality were based on the Bible instead of the standards devised by cultural Christians.

Servile, and base, and mercenary, is the notion of Christian practice among the bulk of nominal Christians. They give no more than they dare not with-hold; they abstain from nothing but what they must not practise.

because they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, he gave them over to a reprobate mind

Carefully studying the Bible will reveal to us our own ignorance of these things. It will challenge us to reject a superficial understanding of Christianity and impress on us that it is imperative not to simply be religious or moral, but also to master the Bible intellectually, integrate its principles into our lives morally, and put into action what we have learned practically.