Quotes About Morality

Truth and godliness always walk hand in hand.

Soul integrity is honesty that's godly.

The brave man wants no charms to encourage him to his duty, and the good man scorns all warnings that would deter him from fulfilling it.

To begin with, I had never done any good deeds; besides, even if I had simply fabricated a few, I would not have enjoyed going on about them.

Without justice, a society cannot be Islamic regardless of its label. It i that simple

That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it which will waste it. The same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.

I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be.

It may not always be easy, convenient or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

Well, evil to some is always good to others." —Jane Austen, Emma

By the same token, if conscience and empathy were impediments to the advancement of self-interest, then we would have evolved to be amoral sociopaths.

If you have no philosophical ground for your work, you have no place to stand from which to make decisions. Ethical ones, moral ones.

Fair face does not equate to hallowed heart.

If you have no philosophical ground for your work, you have no place to stand from which to make decisions. Ethical ones, moral ones. You won't know the boundaries of your duty, and what you owe your gods—assuming you have any—the world, and your fellow men and women.

It was fundamental to Plato, and to the mainstream of classical Greek philosophy after him, that men are created unequal; not merely in the superficial sense of inequality in physique, wealth or social position, but unequal in their souls, morally unequal. A few men are potentially capable of completely rational behaviour, and hence of correct moral judgment; most men are not.

And I realize that the decision to be human is not one single instant, but is a thousand choices made very day. It is choices we make every second and requires constant vigilance. We have to fight to remain human.

The Nazis asked carefully about when precisely people stopped helping one another in the streets, about how many people were being arrested for cannibalism.

When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.

All these years you drone on about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, then you go and sell your own daughter.

Tudo se resume e se resumirá, pelos séculos, a uma estratificada e convencional briguinha entre o Mal e o Bem.

He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

This generosity of spirit-this caring about others and about the proposition that we are all created equal-is the single most effective antidote to the self-centered moral numbness that allows Fascism to thrive. It is a capacity that can be found in most people, but it is not always nurtured and is sometimes, for a period, brutally crushed.

I had learned from my own experience not to be surprised when a man lies about sex.