15 Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes on Ethics

Ruhollah Khomeini quotes on ethics

12. If one permits an infidel to continue in his role as a corrupter of the earth, his moral suffering will be all the worse. If one kills the infidel, and this stops him from perpetrating his misdeeds, his death will be a blessing to him.

20. A man who has both knowledge and virtue is happy both here and in the Hereafter!

21. A corrupt learned person corrupts the world.

28. Enforce justice, do not justice only for others, seek it for yourselves as well. Justice is justice and cruelty and crime are cruelty and crime regardless of the source.

55. Man may conceal things from all mortal eyes but everyting about us is preserved with God and He reverts to us all our deeds.

63. God knows that I ask no rights, privileges, immunities or prerogatives for myself. If I err, I am ready for the consequences

66. We should not worry defeat, we should worry failure to perform our duties.

68. Behave in such a way that when you depart for God's Threshold you may be able to hold your head up.

70. I cannot admit that a man without moral standards may act for the people.

71. Try to enhance morality among this nation. It is by morality that you can preserve your independence and attain to stages of excellence.

81. Moral values are the permanent values.

88. It is incumbent on all, regardless of where we work and serve, to preserve Islamic standards before all services.

96. You must remember that all of us have another day, (the Last Day), do not doubt this! We have a day of reckoning before us. Everything will be considered and calculated on that day, man himself should give an account of his doings. On that day, pens, hands, eyes, all come and testify. We have such a day!

102. One should express his viewpoint regarding what he performed in his country and in a vast part of the world with great respect and deep thought.

106. I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.

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