Cultivation Quote by Daniel Webster

Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us.

— George Muller

the desire to enforce our own moral and spiritual criteria upon posterity is quite as strong as the desire to enforce them upon contemporaries.

— Suzanne La Follette

There is no intrinsic virtue to law and order unless 'law' is equated with justice and 'order' with the discipline of a people satisfied…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective superstructure, but…

— Bhikkhu Bodhi

Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded of them,…

— Laozi

“Too many of us focus on the outward structure of character and conduct without taking the time to build the inward foundation of devotion…

— Jerry Bridges

The sentiment of virtue is a reverence and delight in the presence of certain divine laws. It perceives that this homely game of life…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Virtue, for us, is obedience to God in Christ.

— Roswell Dwight Hitchcock

The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be…

— H. L. Mencken

We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective…

— Angelo Scola

“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. Consequently…

— Bertrand Russell

Religion is never more tested than when our emotions are ablaze. At such a time, the timeless grandeur of the Law and its ethics…

— Anonymous