Quotes About Morality

What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?

La vida dicta a los hombres leyes que no están escritas

A Hero of Our Time, gentlemen, is indeed a portrait, but not of a single individual; it is a portrait composed of all the vices of our generation in the fullness of their development.

Kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence.

A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.

There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are.

You feel guilty when you do something wrong, but you feel shame when you feel like you are something wrong.

God is pleased by your intentions, but not by your deeds

Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government-- in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.

a God that did everything we thought was right and good wouldn't be the creator of the universe. He would be our puppet.

People are rotten everywhere you go. They're no good. You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let's see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants." Sunja

The Lord forgives, but the world does not forgive.

But a God that did everything we thought was right and good wouldn't be the creator of the universe. He would be our puppet.

A good God wouldn't have let my babies die. I can't believe in that. My babies did nothing wrong." "I agree. They did nothing wrong." He looked at her thoughtfully. "But a God that did everything we thought was right and good wouldn't be the creator of the universe. He would be our puppet. He wouldn't be God. There's more to everything than we know.

You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let's see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants.

babies did nothing wrong." "I agree. They did nothing wrong." He looked at her thoughtfully. "But a God that did everything we thought was right and good wouldn't be the creator of the universe. He would be our puppet. He wouldn't be God. There's more to everything than we can know.

Sins couldn't be laundered by good results.

I'm not a good man, but I'm not a bad one, either.

What a man wore or owned had nothing to do with his heart and character.

People are rotten everywhere you go. They're no good. You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let's see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants." Sunja nodded as he spoke,

want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let's see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants.

People are rotten everywhere you go. They're no good. You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let's see how good he

A good man is a decent life, and a bad man is a cursed life—but no matter what, always expect suffering, and just keep working hard.

Love for God, he'd thought, should come naturally and not out of fear of punishment.