Evelyn Waugh Quotes

I have to say that one of the most important things Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together. I understand how people can get into unethical situations, and Scientology has always helped me keep my head clear and be in present time.

Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily subverted to evil and destructive ends.

It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.

The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces.

Morality is the fruit of religion: to desire the former without the latter is to desire an orange without an orange-tree.

Curb your talent lest it speed where virtue does not guide.

Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.

Every man prefers virtue, when there is not some strong incitement to transgress its precepts.

It is not human to be without shame and without desire.

All religion may be centered around a generally good idea, however, this has not stopped its adherents from acting like bastards.

If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.

The human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love.

The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul; but it has to come to heel.

It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.

I think that ethical behaviour is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence.

Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.

The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.

The moral virtues, without religion are but cold, lifeless, and insipid; it is only religion which opens the mind to great conceptions, fills it with the most sublime ideas, and warms the soul with more than sensual pleasures.

Lord, for the erring thoughtNot into evil wrought:Lord, for the wicked willBetrayed and baffled still:For the heart from itself kept,Our thanksgiving accept.

Prayer will never do our work for us; what it will do is to strengthen us for work which must be done.

A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be his most amiable, but it is his most faithful monitor.

Sometimes it seems to me that all of life is a struggle to contain the natural impulses of the body and spirit, and that what we call character represents only the degree to which we are successful in this endeavor.

Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?

Faith teaches that there is a right and wrong beyond mere opinion or desire. Most importantly, it teaches us that freedom is not an end in itself, that how freedom is exercised matters as much as freedom itself