Precept Quotes

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In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all living beings. — Nhat Hanh
We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our… — Nhat Hanh
My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The simple rely on a bolstering mass of maxim and precept, so do the timid, so do the mentally lazy â€“ and so do all… — John Wyndham
The Wright brothers committed themselves to do what no one else had ever done before. They took time to do their homework. They were humble… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The examination of conscience has an important educational value. it teaches us to look sincerely at our own lives, to compare them with the truth… — Pope Benedict XVI
That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain… — James Madison
"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence. — Robert Baden-Powell
Every religion lies. Every moral precept is a delusion. Even the stars are a mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters… — Stephen King
RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it. — Ambrose Bierce
The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man; it cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation and… — John Keats
A Christian man is on his guard with respect to those who philosophize according to the elements of this world, not according to God, by… — Saint Augustine
If religion and science could be united on the common ground of biological conservation, the problem would be soon solved. If there is any moral… — E. O. Wilson
The birth of Christ our Lord was more than an incident, it was an epoch in the history of the world... He came to teach… — Heber J. Grant
Measures of self-precept must be tailored to the domain of psychological functioning being explored. — Albert Bandura
Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with… — Laozi
Teaching by precept, without example, is mighty poor teaching. — Heber J. Grant
Learning to fully understand the doctrines of the gospel is a process of a lifetime and comes 'line upon line, precept upon precept. — Cheryl A. Esplin
Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no way meddle in the lives… — Symeon the New Theologian
For the company of the great is good company as Shakespeare understood it, as Plutarch understood it. The past remains the source from which example… — C. V. Wedgwood

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