Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Quotes

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

Ethical is 'I'll wait and do what's right even in the hardest times and even if I have to give up gains to do it.'

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.

Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.

Out there you might say there is a moral majority and if you could put them together …

If the Soviet Government orders me to act against my conscience, I do not obey …. Conscience is above the law. No law which is against the conscience can bind.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

I don't think any of us know how we would react until we were put in a situation where we have to do something bad or do something good. I think I'd like to believe I'd act like a decent human being, but I'm realistic to know I don't know.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.

Moderation in the pursuit of truth is no virtue. Vigilance in the defense of public ethics is no vice.

Occasionally the conflict between 'what we stand for' and 'what we do' has been forthrightly addressed.

The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.

Don't ever silence your morality to be a part of anything.

What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong. That's how I live my life.

Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.

He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.