Quotes About Morality

No street corner has any justification over another one. Custom dissolves into nothingness.

That is the idea I shall try to convey when I say that man is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, yet, in other respects is free; because, once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does

Amerikanvari haz?rlanm?? ?stakozu sevip sevmemekte özgürüm, ama insanlar? sevmiyorsam bir zavall?y?m ve gün ?????nda bana yer yok. ...

les mauvaises herbes poussent, elles aussi; preuve qu'on peut devenir grand sans cesser d'être mauvais.

Un crime que son auteur ne peut supporter, ce n'est plus le crime de personne

I am therefore responsible for myself and for everyone else, and I am fashioning a certain image of man as I choose him to be In choosing myself, I choose man.

È vero che non sei responsabile di quello che sei, ma sei responsabile di quello che fai di ciò che sei.

Thus we have neither behind us, nor before us in a luminous realm of values, any means of justification or excuse. We are left alone, without excuse.

Pilihlah, manusia yang bebas atau mengakui Tuhan sebagai sumber nilai. Bila dipilih yang terakhir manusia tersebut tidak bebas, mutlak.

Ma liberté s'arrête ou commence celle d'autrui. 

Demokratische Politik kann sich nicht in Moraldebatten erschöpfen, lebensfähig ist sie immer nur als Projekt.

And here I always thought morality was useless

my conscience has the same hard reality as a unicorn.

It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.

Of course it was a terrible thing, and the world would be a much better place without someone in it who could do that, but did that mean we had to miss lunch?

the idea of sex is no idea at all. Imagine doing those things—How can you? Where's your sense of dignity?

Cualquiera puede ser encantador si no le importa mentir y decir todas las cosas estúpidas, obvias y nauseabundas que la conciencia suele reprimir en la mayoría de la gente. Por suerte, yo no tengo conciencia. Y las digo. -Dexter

Why should I let anything stand in the way of life, liberty, and the pursuit of vivisection?

I find others, those who prey on the innocent and do not play by the rules, and I make them go away in small, carefully wrapped pieces.

I think I have a right to know my husband killed somebody," Rita said. "And he's cheating on me?" she added, as if killing might be overlooked, but cheating was something truly despicable. It was not quite the proper order of our society's priorities as I had come to understand them, but this was not the time to debate contemporary ethical concepts.

But children?" I said. "I could never do this to children.

Harry had molded him into a man who only killed the killers;

Why should I let anything stand in the way of life, liberty, and the pursuit of vivisection? I

Of all the odd thoughts I could have, that might seem the oddest, but there it was. Dexter was in a dither over doing what he does best, merely because it would be a rush job. Was my new life of luxury rotting away the hard and happy core of the monster that is me? Turning me into an old maid incapable of the simplest and most well-justified endings? Was I really so straitlaced?