![[M]orality is not a ritualistic obedience to a code of behavior imposed by an external authority. It is rather a healthy habit pattern that you have consciously and voluntarily chosen to impose upon yourself because you recognize its superiority to your present behavior.](/assets/img/quote-photos/morality-is-not-a-ritualistic-obedience-to-a-code-of-behavior-imposed-by-an-ext.jpg)
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[M]orality is not a ritualistic obedience to a code of behavior imposed by an external authority. It is rather a healthy habit pattern that you have consciously and voluntarily chosen to impose upon yourself because you recognize its superiority to your present behavior. Henepola Gunaratana
healthy-habits people influence
The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits. Dan Buettner
healthy-habits balance healthy-lifestyle
You gotta eat right, you gotta have healthy habits, you know, and balance out your decadence with a healthy lifestyle during the day. Talib Kweli
healthy-habits inspire helping
Each season I find myself constantly inspired by 'The Biggest Loser' contestants. Their tenacity and willingness to learn new, healthy habits is tremendous and the results speak for themselves. I am honored to be part of such an inspiring program that helps inspire positive change in so many lives. Curtis Stone
patterns might outcomes
I'm pretty good at seeing like a lot of different things happening at once and putting them in a pattern and figuring out how you can rearrange it so it might have a better outcome. William J. Clinton
patterns truth-is untrue
All knowledge is local, all truth is partial. No truth can make another truth untrue. All knowledge is part of the whole knowledge. Once you have seen the larger pattern, you cannot go back to seeing the part as the whole. Ursula K. Le Guin
patterns looks where-you-are
You look at where you're going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you've been and a pattern seems to emerge. Robert M. Pirsig
patterns resolve
patterns or something in it to try to resolve this issue. Brian Gibson
patterns glory circumstances
...we will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for our good and His glory. Joni Eareckson Tada
patterns trust-in-god creation
The sad pattern of lack of trust in God has persisted since the Creation. Henry B. Eyring
patterns clear shows
My life shows a clear pattern of total unpredictability. Ashleigh Brilliant
patterns world resolution
We are undoing a pattern... It's the human pattern: we project onto the world a zillion possibilities of attaining resolution. Pema Chodron
patterns enough feels
One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
morality needs question
He needs the girl. It's that simple. There's no question of morality for him. Cillian Murphy
morality produce immorality
Moralism doesn't produce morality; it produces immorality. Tullian Tchividjian
morality study social
Study, analyse the social structure - that's always far more effective than moralising. Vincent Van Gogh
morality observance
There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality. Joseph Addison
morality endeavor temper
I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
morality virtue
The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue. James Anthony Froude
morality divine obligation
Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to be.
morality moral results
Moral result can only be produced by moral restraints. Mahatma Gandhi
morality grey-areas grey
I loved getting to investigate the grey areas of morality. Emmy Rossum