Quotes About Morality

South Carolina's history, punctuated by the sale of little children, might be read as a cautionary tale about how a self-centered ruling class could rely on racial prejudice in the service of unchecked capitalism and to the detriment of moral character.

C'è un discorso che Gandhi fa nel 1909 in cui si guarda attorno e si chiede «Cos'è la vera civiltà? La civiltà nasce da un tipo di comportamento che indica all'uomo il sentiero del dovere [...], l'osservanza della moralità. Raggiungere la moralità significa raggiungere la padronanza della nostra mente e delle nostre passioni».

Quella che chiamiamo eufemisticamente "carne" sono in verità pezzi di cadaveri, di animali morti, morti ammazzati. Perché fare del proprio stomaco un cimitero?

Betrayal is common for men with no conscience.

In order for us to live comfortably with ourselves while living on unjust terms with others, we have to tell ourselves a story that makes us innocent.

Flaxfield] was gentle. He was fair. He was honest. That's better than kind.

it's tempting to start universities and build hospitals when you want to put a little gloss on your life as one of the greatest thieves in American history.

Why did the man who would become revered for generations as the Great Emancipator hesitate to do his "emancipating," and if it did take him so long, what is so "great" about that?

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

Davy once asked me if I thought it was better to be a has-been than a never was, but maybe it doesn't make much of a difference. In the end, people are just people, and the only things that matter are whether they are good or bad, loving or unloving, loved or unloved.

Was it the weakness of a man that made him want to ignore the darker side of his fellow human beings?

The way to do away with war is for those who do not want war, who regard participation in it a sin, to refrain from fighting.

What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty.

I felt how much better and more dignified it was for me to show off the finer side of my soul than of my body.

For this writer, evil was a matter not of behavior, or even choice, but of being.

For evil to succeed, all that is necessary is for good men to do nothing.

Even true believers had consciences, Too bad.

Wyatt didn't necessarily aim to be a saint in Dodge City, but being less of a sinner could be a more satisfying life. There

I don't have a dogma that gives me a compass, that occupies me.

I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn't be an oddity.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Sexual behavior was also generally considered off limits.

When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody.

I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.