Quotes About Morality

Si infâmes que soient les canailles, elles ne le sont jamais autant que les honnêtes gens.

when one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay

To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior. Earthseed: The Books of the Living

That's what Humans are, too, don't forget. People who poison each other, then disclaim all responsibility.

Could a creature who had to look upon ordinary people literally as food and shelter ever understand how strongly those people valued life?

He wasn't a monster at all. Just an ordinary man who sometimes did the monstrous things his society said were legal and proper.

I wonder what a badge is, other than a license to steal.

We're an adaptable species," she said, refusing to be stopped, "but it's wrong to inflict suffering just because your victim can endure it." "Learn

You want to know how moral she is?" His tone made me frown. "What do you mean?" "If she chases me any harder, she and I will wind up playing a scene from that Bible she reads. The scene between Potiphar's wife and Joseph.

His father wasn't the monster he could have been with the power he held over his slaves. He wasn't a monster at all. Just an ordinary man who sometimes did the monstrous things his society said were legal and proper.

Once people get the idea that it's all right to take what you want and destroy the rest, who knows when they'll stop.

There are times when I wish I believed in hell—other than the hells we make for one another, I mean.

They consider it a sin to take any life, yet they kill and kill.

I wonder what you have to do to become a cop. I wonder what a badge is, other than a license to steal.

If I was to live, if others were to live, he must live. I didn't dare test the paradox.

I wonder what a badge is, other than a license to steal. What did it used to be to make people Bankole's age want to trust it. I know what the old books say, but still, I wonder.

This world would be better if people lived according to the teachings of almost any religion.

are, too, don't forget. People who poison each other, then disclaim all responsibility.

To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior.

Her main thoughts were still of the loathsome thing she had been tricked into doing—the consumption of animal milk.

A biological conscience is better than no conscience at all.

I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.

He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples.

He who has never tasted jail Lives well within the legal pale, While he who's served a heavy sentence Renews the racket, not repentance.