Quotes About Morality

Heaven and earth are inhumane; they view the myriad creatures as straw dogs.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.

First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors, and where they separate, depend upon it, 'Tis for no other cause but quietness sake.

Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

I only knew that there was a certain rightness in life--the feeling you got when you did something the way you knew you should.

William Graham Sumner, "That It Is Not Wicked to Be Rich," in What Social Classes Owe Each Other, 1884

Every bad person is a little good. And every good person is a little bad.

Christian children all must be mild, obedient, good as He.

I don't eat chicken abortions!

what could be less satisfying than stealing from someone so endowed that they never even noticed what you'd taken?

when personally affected by the issues, even idealists often end up making selfish choices with far-reaching effects. It's human nature,

Fair doesn't always mean right.

world without PACT; it is as axiomatic as gravity, or Thou shalt not kill. He didn't understand

They were kind people who thought they meant well. They'd been government-selected as fit parents, certified as people of good moral character who could teach good patriotic values.

Life isn't fair, or fair doesn't always mean right.

Flying daggers don't kill people, Chloe thought, leaping sidewise at the last minute to avoid one, grabbing the pedestrian rail. People kill people.

I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.

The murder that is depicted as a horrible crime is repeated in cold blood, remorselessly.

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Parmi un assurdo che le leggi, che sono l'espressione della pubblica volontà, che detestano e puniscono l'omicidio, ne commettono uno esse medesime, e, per allontanare i cittadini dall'assassinio, ordinino un pubblico assassinio.

C'est le malheur de l'esprit humain que les choses les plus lointaines et les moins importantes, telles que les révolutions des corps célestes, lui soient les plus présentes et les mieux connues, alors que les notions morales, toutes proches et de la plus haute importance, restent toujours flottantes et confuses, au gré du souffle des passions qui les pousse, ou de l'ignorance dirigée qui les reçoit et les transmet.

EÄŸer toplum düzenini ayn? derecede sarsmayan/ihlal etmeyen iki suça ayn? ceza verilirse, insanlar en a??r suçu iÅŸlemekte bir sak?nca görmeyecekler ve bu konuda çok zor bir engelle de kar??laÅŸmayacaklard?r.