3.5B QUOTES FOR ETHICAL LIVING
ST PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS
St Paul’s description of love in 1 Corinthians 13 ends:
...these remain: faith, hope and love, the three of them; and the greatest of them is love.
 Why is love considered the greatest of the three virtues?
 Compose a short guideline for the moral person based on this quote.
ST AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO
St Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE) wrote:
Love God and do what you will.
 What does this statement mean?
 Why it is a good summary of Christian ethics?
 Compose a short guideline for the moral person based on this quote.
EDMUND BURKE
Edmund Burke famously said:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
 Give some examples of how this can be seen in stories of the past both international and local.
 Name situations in your school where this quote could apply.
 Compose a short guideline for the moral person based on this quote.
ST PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS
When writing to the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 5:21) St Paul urged them to:
Test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from evil.
 What does Paul refer to when he says ‘test everything’?
 How could this idea relate to young people today?
 Compose a short guideline for the moral person based on this quote.
VICTOR HUGO
The following quote is from the author Victor Hugo:
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
 What does this statement mean?
 Why it is a good summary of Christian ethics?
 Compose a short guideline for the moral person based on this quote.
ST TERESA OF AVILA
St Teresa of Avila encouraged her sisters to:
Accustom yourself continually to make acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
 What does this statement mean?
 Why it is a good summary of Christian ethics?
 Compose a short guideline for the moral person based on this quote.