Character Quote by Vigen Guroian

“Morality in the general is well enough known by men, but the particular refinements of virtue are unknown by most persons; thus the majority…

— Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

“Education is fundamentally religious. Consequently, there is no question about whether a morality will be imposed in that education, but rather which morality will…

— Douglas Wilson

Teaching at best beckons us to morality, but it is not in itself efficacious. Teaching is like a mirror. It can show you if…

— Ravi Zacharias

“Morality itself requires transcendence, the existence of a “real” goodness.”

— James W Sire

“...[M]oral instruction, although containing much that is convincing for the reason, ...accomplishes... little... [because] the teachers themselves have not got their own notions clear,…

— Immanuel Kant

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

— Plutarch

“If they ever envision Goodness as a thing that exists outside them, some real thing they’ve been called to participate in by their actions,…

— Geoffrey Wood

“Anyone who thinks about it can see that for human beings the teaching and following of morality is something necessary.”

— Philippa Foot

A person must have a good memory to keep the promises he has made. A person must have a strong imagination to be able…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

— Anonymous

“The practice of perfect virtue does not require teaching, but instructs others.”

— St. Ambrose

“Ours is a visual world with citizens who delight in those who appear good or gifted or great. Thus, we find it pleasantly acceptable…

— Rick Rigsby