Quotes About Morality

La fidelidad a los demás, si no coincide, como una moneda con otra moneda, con la violenta y propia fidelidad al dictado de nuestra conciencia, no es maña de mayor respeto que la disciplina – o los reflejos condicionados – del caballo del circo.

Yo, señor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarían motivos para serlo.

Yo sigo clasificando a la humanidad —para mi uso, que es el que me importa, y que Dios me perdone— en amigos e hijos de puta.

If a child is kidnapped from hell and carried to heaven, should we condemn the kidnapper?

All good stories - stories that touch your soul, stories that change your nature, stories that cause you to become a better person from their telling - these stories always contain truth.

That in the end, beauty does not matter. Character is more important.

I consider myself a good Christian. I go to church every Sunday. I do charitable work. I am kind to children and animals. I don't lie, cheat, or steal. I believe I am a good person. And I will not be thought sinful simply because I take pleasure in the man I love.

We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement.

Sometimes I wish I could be the kind of person who has one-night stands, and instead of feeling guilty about it feels empowered by it. But I'm not.

Der ganze Styl seiner Darbiethung erinnerte zwingend an die emotionalen, von einer gänzlich falschen Gnadenlehre inspirierten Predigten gewisser Sectirer, denen noch nicht einmal das Civürecht einen Platz in unserem Gemeinwesen einräumt.

The critical issues here concern what is right, what is just -- not the balancing of benefits.

It is too late for a politics based on law alone, too soon for a politics of grace which sublimates instinct.

Deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, "There is something not right," no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or moral code.

The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance on Our SOULS.

Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, 'There is something not right,' no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code.

Sometimes you're going to be faced with situations where the line isn't clear between what's right and what's wrong.Your heart will tell you to do one thing and your brain will tell you to do something different. In the end, all that's left is to look at both sides and go with your best judgment.

Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity.

Just because something was legal didn't automatically make it right.

Ethical decision is possible only when one is conscious of the conflict in all its aspects.

There is no good that cannot produce evil and no evil that cannot produce good.

We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.

We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness.

But early on, adults start sending them contradictory. They'll give a kid a stuffed animal to hug and love and sleep with at the same time, they're serving them animals for dinner every night you think about it. But when you're young, you just accept what they tell you as the truth.

While the moral force of Judeo-Christian tradition and the law have sought to purify the penis, and to restrict its seed to the sanctified institution of matrimony, the penis is not by nature a monogamous organ. It knows no moral code. It was designed by nature for waste, it craves variety, and nothing less than castration will eliminate the allure of prostitution, fornication adultery, or pornography.