Mohammed Al-Ghazali Al-Saqqa Quotes

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.

'Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

Screw them. Yeah. But not literally. I'm not advocating promiscuity.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

… it will be necessary for the ruler in all his affairs to bend his inclinations in the direction of forgiveness and make a habit of generosity and forbearance unless he is to be like the wild beasts.

So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius' wife: on the contrary, I have refused even to listen to those who spoke to me of her beauty.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

Shun all vice, especially card playing.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.

Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.

Plato said that virtue has no master. If a person does not honor this principle and rejoice in it, but is purchasable for money, he creates many masters for himself.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

If you would not step into the harlot's house, do not go by the harlot's door.

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

In Ski Party we are reading up on how to have fun without sex. That was the theme of every AIP picture!

Modesty is the color of virtue.