Quotes About Morality

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

But the insane need to do it was stronger than the sense of whether it was a wrong or right thing to do.

When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only of our own destiny but of any possibility of dealing with the EVIL of others.

Integrity is your destiny-it is the light that guides your way.

Our character ... is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it's destiny; good is always the product of skill.

If character is destiny, the good are damned.

He had the face of an angel, but he f**ked like a devil.

We are the living graves of murdered beasts.

Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

Human dignity is the same for all human beings: when I trample on the dignity of another, I am trampling on my own.

A child motivated by competitive ideals will grow into a man without conscience, shame, or true dignity.

When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.

There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

If there were no hell, we would be like the animals. No hell, no dignity.

Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them.

Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity.

I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.

We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

We are defined by our dignity to rise above debasement. We are certainly better people for doing so.

How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.

The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.