Quotes About Morality

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.

If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.

Evil exists in us all, Torak. Some fight it. Some feed it. That's how it's always been.

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

I'd rather be right than President.

One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.

The abuse of a harmless thing is the essence of sin.

You are your own devil, you are your own God, You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have trod, And no one can save you from error or sin, Until you shall hark to the Spirit within.

Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.

... humans have such a need to break everything down into right and wrong. It never occurs to you that you've made those labels up to help you define the material-and your Self.

The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.

I was good and bad, but never wicked.

George, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of the truth, maybe shame the Devil just a little bit before we go.

Philosophy has forgotten about children

The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive.

I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are

A man who is enticed by sinful thoughts is blinded by them, and he sees the action of sin in himself, but he can not see the cause of this action.

The devil makes small sins seem smaller in our eyes, for otherwise he can't lead us to greater evil.

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

Always do what's right. That will gratify some and surprise the rest.