Quotes about Morality

You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.

What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.

Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit any of these things, not even science itself.

Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will.

The point is that if there is no God, then objective right and wrong do not exist. As Dostoyevsky said, "All things are permitted.

So how do you find out what God thinks? The Christian says, you look in the Bible. And the Bible tells us that God forbids homosexual acts. Therefore, they are wrong. So basically the reasoning goes like this: (1) We are all obligated to do God's will. (2) God's will is expressed in the Bible. (3) The Bible forbids homosexual behavior. (4) Therefore, homosexual behavior is against God's will, or is wrong.

The person of a man may leave—or be taken away—but the best part of a good man stays. It stays forever. Love is immortal and makes all things immortal. But hate dies every minute.

Wickedness consists in the very hesitation about an act, even though it be not perpetrated.

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.