Moral Path Quotes

Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!

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

They do not walk in... the path of Christ.

The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.

Virture offers the only path in this life that leads to tranquility.

I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.

One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.

The road back to God is not nearly so steep nor is it so difficult as some would have us believe.

Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.

In contrast to the path of selfishness, there is no room for road rage on the straight and narrow way.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

The way of a man's heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him - coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made.

You yourself create all your misery, hour after hour, day after day. You think the goal justifies the means, even the vile means. You are wrong: The goal is in the path on which you arrive at it. Every step of today is your life of tomorrow. No great goal can be reached by vile means. That you have proven in every social revolution. The vileness or inhumanity of the path to the goal makes you vile or inhuman, and the goal unattainable.

The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.

If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. So don't tell no more on 'em, Pip, and live well and die happy.

Sin may result from activities that begin innocently or that are perfectly legitimate in moderation, but in excess they can cause us to veer from the straight and narrow path to our destruction.

Physically walking where Jesus walked is less important than walking as He walked.

Compassion knows that choosing the higher road in any situation is the most loving option for you.

He [Gandhi] was not one of those saints who are marked out by their phenomenal piety from childhood onwards, nor one of the other kind who forsake the world after sensational debaucheries.

If you walk on the path of truth all the powers in the universe help you.

The road to salvation is through truth.

For me, one of the most disturbing elements of the right wing's political agenda is that it believes that there is one correct spiritual and moral path for all people to follow. The danger inherent in this is its explicit refusal to accept anyone who happens to lead a different lifestyle, and the condemnation of those who differ.

When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.