It gives me a moral compass. I often refer to Abe Lincoln, who said, 'When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion.' I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do. The Unitarian believes that God is good, and believes that God believes that man is good. Inherently. The Unitarian God is not a God of vengeance. And that is something I can appreciate.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Internal moral guidance and faith in inherent goodness direct ethical behavior.
- In plain terms
- Listen to your inner voice to know right from wrong.
- What can you take from it?
- Follow your inner voice to guide your actions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you know if you did good?
- What guides your moral choices?
Another view
Inner voices can be biased or influenced by personal desires.
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