John Milton Quotes

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded us not to do. I disagree.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

I think my moral ground is very much intact.

My moral compass is strong.

I think guilt can be good to a small degree, keep you on the right path.

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it.

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

Character is that quality of mind which makes truth-telling instinctive rather than strange.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.

Bad company corrupts good character.

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.