Quotes About Morality

Religion can be both good and bad - it is spirituality that counts.

The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.

When you examined the facts judicially, and asked which would provide the greatest good for the greatest number, there could be only one answer.

With the use of the hydrogen bomb, the Christian era was dead, and with it must die the tradition of the Good Samaritan. And yet Randy stopped...The incident was important only because it was self-revelatory. Randy knew he would have to play by the old rules. He could not shuck his code, or sneak out of his era.

Verla says that nobody thinks of himself as a villain. Even the nastiest person thinks that he is in the right.

Verla says that no one thinks of himself as a villain. Even the nastiest person thinks that he is in the right.

We talked about each story for a while, and then Verla talked about heroes and villains. 'Nobody is all good or all bad,' she told us. 'The world is painted in shades of gray.

A minimum of comfort is necessary for the practice of virtue.

There is no cash in battling evil: just the opposite in my experience

If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?

We're the good guys. That we're scary doesn't mean we're the villains.

He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself.

that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.

When you watch your allies commit atrocities and do nothing, who is more reprehensible? Those who rape and plunder or those who could have stopped it but do nothing?

Let us be heroes as well as monsters.

Just because something is dangerous does not make it evil. (Adam)

Only an evil man needs to fear a good man.

Neutral doesn't work," Charles said. "When you watch your allies commit atrocities and do nothing, who is more reprehensible? Those who rape and plunder or those who could have stopped it but do nothing?

Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, daß er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird." I

Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions.

Anna shook her head. 'Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions.

He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself. So he stayed silent.

All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing'