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Moral Quotes by Pope John Paul II
- The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit of sacrifice must…
- The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of…
- The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths…
- In the past, it was possible to destroy a village, a town, a region, even a country. Now it is the whole planet that has…
- All human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.…
- It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every generation of Americans…
- This is why moral uneasiness is destined to become even more acute. It is obvious that a fundamental defect, or rather a series of defects,…
- The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity's own disordered passions, against every kind…
- The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
- Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the…
- True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom…
- Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral about-face.
More Moral Quotes
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson
- It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. — David Attenborough
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. — Francis Bacon
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
- Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. — Robert Baden-Powell
- A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump… — Russell Baker
- When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. — Honore de Balzac