Baraka_Guru

The Buddhist perspective differentiates between good states of mind and evil states of mind, good actions and evil actions. If in your mind you are constantly thinking in anger or of partaking in hatred, then this is an evil state of mind. If, however, you are constantly thinking compassionately and of partaking in helping others, then this is a good state of mind. It is the difference between states of misery and states of happiness.

So, yes, ideas have moral value despite the difference between thought and action. It is often contemplated how thoughts or states of mind precede actions. The two are connected.

In terms of speech (a kind of action), hate speech is morally wrong, as it can and usually does lead to harm. I find that many people underestimate the power of words. If you understand the depth of the impact of emotional abuse, you understand this. Words spoken with hatred is an action that is morally wrong.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot