“Thus, every entity, even if it is a defective one, in so far as it is an entity, is good. In so far as it is defective, it is evil.”
More from Saint Augustine on Ethics
“If we live good lives the times are also good. As we are such are the times.”
“Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.”
“The good man is free, even if he is a slave. The evil man is a slave, even if he is a king.”
“Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.”
“He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner.”
“The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.”
“Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.”
Others on Ethics
Ayn Rand
9 quotes“Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont”
David Hume
7 quotes“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.”
Dante
6 quotes“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.”
Marcus Aurelius
4 quotes“The pride which is proud of want of pride is the most intolerable of all.”
Thomas Paine
4 quotes“A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in pri...”
Einstein
4 quotes“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.”
Pope Benedict XVI
4 quotes“Purity of heart is what enables us to see.”
Percy Shelley
3 quotes“All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil.”
Immanuel Kant
3 quotes“...I am never to act otherwise than so that I could also will that my maxim should become universal law.”
Adam Smith
3 quotes“In the common degree of the moral, there is no virtue. Virtue is excellence.”
Neal Shusterman
3 quotes“But remember that good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to hell.”
Alexander Pope
3 quotes“Order is heaven's first law.”