#morality

The wicked fear the good, because the good are a constant reproach to their consciences. The ungodly like religion in the same way that they like lions, either dead or behind bars; they fear religion when it breaks loose and begins to challenge their consciences. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#guilt #immorality #morality #religion #shame

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history. ↗

— John Shimkus

#civil #civil rights #conviction #december #defy

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere. ↗

— Huston Smith

#both #consists #drawing #essence #every

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues. ↗

— Huston Smith

#back #concern #emphasis #evolved #face-to-face

Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality. ↗

— Jean Stafford

#form #high #i #i feel #irony

Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership; and that quality derives from the breadth of the morality upon which it rests. ↗

— Chester Irving Barnard

#depends #derives #endurance #endure #governed

Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible. ↗

— Mark Hopkins

#impossible #morality #religion #superstition #without

She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do things that you knew were wrong. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#obsession #love

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#morality #scandal #gossip

Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger. ↗

— Glen Cook

#morality #cooking