There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Never have we stolen the intelligences of other peoples. On the contrary, in Cuba we have trained tens of thousands of doctors and other top-level professionals, for free, in order to send them back to their own countries.

Abortion is clearly wrong.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

There are people in the world who aren’t necessarily Christians, but they’re just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.

I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that’s the mercy you’re going to be receiving.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

I think you have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

I am a just man.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

For my part, I desire to see the time when education – and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry – shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, ‚I write for money.‘ Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I insist on it, and I pay people who work for me, or with me, handsomely.

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

You give before you get.

The book, ’12 Rules For Life,‘ is a very serious book. There’s elements of humor in it, but I’m trying to struggle with things at the deepest possible level and to explain to people why it’s necessary to live a upstanding and noble and moral and truthful and responsible life, and why there’s hell to pay if you don’t do that.

He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn’t give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn’t seem right.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

I’ve been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that’s kind of a religious belief. I mean, it’s at least a moral belief.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

Repeal the Missouri Compromise – repeal all compromises – repeal the Declaration of Independence – repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man’s heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‚least advanced‘ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this – that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made – not to understand – but to feel – as crime.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can’t do anything with that except do it.