It is a good instinct if you don't distort it and pervert it. Don't give it up. Keep feeling the need for being important. Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

The key to life is to develop an internal moral, emotional GPS that can tell you which way to go.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos. He who loves is a participant in the being of God.

The moral sense perhaps affords the best and highest distinction between man and the lower animals.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.