Leonard Cohen Quotes

The Bible is the book of my life. It's the book I live with, the book I live by, the book I want to die by.

I should not deal with things that aren't founded on ethical principles, because that's not who I am as a human being.

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change it every week. Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you may keep it to the end.

If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

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.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

I'm a person that's grounded in faith and believe that my core values, motivation, inspiration, draw from a conception of the world in that way.

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

Some people think we're adrift without any guidelines. I don't. I think we've had instruction on how to live.

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.

We need to accept that the commandments of God aren't just a long list of good ideas. They aren't 'life hacks' from an Internet blog or motivational quotes from a Pinterest board.

I'd forgotten it's an important thing to give thought to your morality and how you intend to live your life.

I believe in pursuing my own morality. That is all I have ever stuck by. It is my own morality that really matters.

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.

I do my research, and if I'm supporting something, then it's because it aligns with me morally and ethically.

The conscience can be a strong guide in life if we allow it.

There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?

It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.

My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system.

The goal for me is to stand up for the word of God which is so important to me. It means more to me than what I have.

My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life expressing God's word.

I was taught growing up that you always do what you believe.

My views as a Christian means there's a moral plumb line that I'm fighting to adhere to.