Quotes About Morality

When Louise Brown, the world's first test tube baby, was born in 1978, the technology that made it possible was denounced by many clergymen and columnists, who believed that we were playing God. Today there are more than five million test tube babies in the world; your spouse or best friend may be one.

Sometimes you have to think like a hero just to behave like a decent human being.

I was a ruthless bastard with a twisted mind who could look on death and find it pleasant. I could break an arm or smash in a face because it was easier that way than asking questions. I could out-fox the fox with a line of reasoning that laughed at the truth because I was the worst of the lot and never did deserve to live. That's what that damned judge thought anyway.

I was a licensed investigator who knocked off somebody who needed knocking off bad and he couldn't get to me. So I was a murderer by definition and all the law could do was shake its finger.

El llanto era necesario para lavar la conciencia

Ratero, si un pobre se mete en casa de un rico, ya se sabe, es un ladrón ¿no? —Un ladrón —asintía el Ratero. —Pero si un rico se mete en casa de un pobre, ¿qué es? —¿Qué es? —repetía estúpidamente el tío Ratero. —¡Una rata!

Even moral laws like the Ten Commandments are programmed into our mind in the process of domestication

Impeccable comes from the Latin pecatus, which means "sin." The im in impeccable means "without," so impeccable means "without sin.

todo el concepto de pecado deja de ser algo moral o religioso para convertirse en una cuestión de puro sentido común.

Åžunu anlay?n ki, as?l korkunç olan art?k köpek kalbi deÄŸil, insan kalbi ta??mas?. Yani doÄŸada var olanlar aras?nda en rezilini.

Our words create us, from one moment to the next. When you lie, it's that act of self-creation that's sabotaged and corrupted. Lucifer, Book 3, preface

Yang paling suci dihormati karen kebajikannya yang besar.

But when the choice is between doing nothing and doing harm, surely nothing is the wiser option?

at the heart of character is honesty and integrity.

Are you going to show integrity only when someone is watching you—or are you going to show it all the time?

And that is the story of the boy who cried Dragon! Of course, when dragons sit around the campire at night or tuck their children into bed, they tell the story of the dragon who cried Boy!

Azazello begged her not to worry, assuring her that he had seen not only naked women but also women with their skin flayed clean off

If it is true that cowardice is the most grave vice, then the dog, at least, is not guilty of it.

You pronounced your words as if you don't acknowledge the shadows, or the evil either. Would you be so kind as to give a little thought to the question of what your good would be doing if evil did not exist, and how the earth would look if the shadows were to disappear from it?

You spoke your words as though you denied the very existence of the shadows or of evil. Think, now: where would your good be if there were no evil and what would the world look like without shadow?

Co ludzie mogÄ… podrzuci?? - Dziecko! - krzyknÄ…Å' ktoÅ› z sali. - Absolutnie sÅ'usznie - potwierdziÅ' konferansjer - dziecko, anonim, ulotkÄ™, maszynÄ™ piekielnÄ…, diabli wiedzÄ… co jeszcze, ale czterystu dolarów nigdy w ?yciu nikt nie podrzuci, takiego kretyna nie ma na Å›wiecie.

The only thing he said was that among human vices he considered cowardice one of the first.

Think, now: where would your good be if there were no evil and what would the world look like without shadow?

His only words were that he regarded cowardice as one of the worst human sins.