“How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself?”

“Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them.”

“You can decide to forgo any ethical deliberations and simply embrace the moral beliefs and norms you inherited from your family and culture. But this approach undermines your freedom, for if you accept without question whatever moral beliefs come your way, they are not really yours. Only if you critically examine them for yourself are they truly yours.”

“Oh, oh, no greater evil is there in this world, than the evil that lies in the hearts of those who repay good with evil. Oh no greater shame be upon anyone in this world, than the shame that be upon the heads of those who will not save the life that saved them. No greater evil, no greater shame. No greater trespass against God and angel and man; than a human who can say that they are entitled to repay good with evil.”

“The moral world has no greater spectacle than this: a troubled and restless conscience on the verge of committing an evil deed, contemplating the sleep of a good man.”

“there is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It is why you where born and how you become most truly alive”