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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It read more
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the read more
Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the entourage of morality.
One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate read more
One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine read more
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
The aim of morality is to give people a standard of action and a motive to work by which, they read more
The aim of morality is to give people a standard of action and a motive to work by which, they will not intensify each person's selfishness, but raise them up above it.
Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the read more
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose.
The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose.
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
