Quotes About Morality

This is an absurd moral, for you and I both know that sometimes not only is it good to lie, it is necessary to lie.

It is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so wicked to being with.

Wicked people never have time for reading," Dewey said. "It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.

I thought the war was a simple matter, with one side good and the other evil. But the more I read, the less clear it was.

Deciding on the right thing to do in a situation is a bit like deciding on the right thing to wear to a party. [...] The truth is that you can never be sure if you have decided on the right thing until the party is over, and by then it is too late to go back and change your mind, which is why the world is filled with people doing terrible things and wearing ugly clothing.

But even if they could go home it would be difficult for me to tell you what the moral of the story is. In some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears', for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house". The moral of 'Snow White' is "Never eat apples". The moral of World War One is "Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.

In some stories, it's easy. The moral of "The Three Bears," for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house." The moral of "Snow White" is "Never eat apples." The moral of World War One is "Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.

The moral of "The Three Bears," for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house." The moral of "Snow White" is "Never eat apples." The moral of World War One is "Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.

In every other place on Earth, nobility and integrity are vanishing quickly.

Was it really necessary? Was it absolutely necessary to steal that sugar bowl from Esme Squalor?

And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil.

A wonderful laugh is no excuse for villainous behavior!

I get sad, when I think of my own wicked acts, although I supposed if I weren't sad about them it would mean I didn't care. I'm glad that I care, so I'm a little happy that I'm sad.

I will suddenly remember this thing I did, and think to myself, Was it really necessary? Was it absolutely necessary to steal that sugar bowl from Esmé Squalor?

Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a museum and you decide that a certain painting would look better in your house, and you simply grab the painting and take it there. But if you were very, very hungry, and you had no way of obtaining money, it might be excusable to grab the painting, take it to your house, and eat it. "We

It is one thing to think horrible thoughts, but it is another to behave atrociously, as you know. You can easily think of times when you were horrible, and when I say easily I mean it is very easy to remember these times and hard to stop remembering. They ache in the brain and the body, these shameful memories, like a broken bone that has never quite healed right.

if you don't choose the wicked thing what in the world will you do?

Being noble enough is all we can ask for in this world.

The truth is that you can never be sure if you have decided on the right thing until the party is over, and by then it is too late to go back and change your mind, which is why the world is filled with people doing terrible things and wearing ugly clothing, and so few volunteers who are able to stop them.

The truth is that you can never be sure if you have decided on the right thing until the party is over, and by then it is too late to go back and change your mind, which is why the world is filled with people doing terrible things

Was it really necessary? Was it absolutely necessary to steal that sugar bowl from Esmé Squalor?

Wicked people never have time for reading," Dewey said. "It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.

in a world too often governed by corruption and arrogance, it can be hard to stay true to one's philosophical and literary principles.

The central theme of Anna Karenina," he said, "is that a rural life of moral simplicity, despite its monotony, is the preferable personal narrative to a daring life of impulsive passion, which only leads to tragedy.