7 Horace Mann Quotes on Morality

Horace Mann quotes on morality

5. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

6. The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

8. Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask of Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

28. If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable.

37. Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.

41. Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise.

45. When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.