Quotes About Morality

Para hacer el bien, hay que conocerlo; y al igual que cualquier otra cosa, no podemos conocerlo sino en medio de nuestras pasiones, mediante nuestros juicios, con nuestras ideas; las cuales muy a menudo dejan bastante que desear.

O fossero di que' prudenti che s'adombrano delle virtù come de' vizi, predicando sempre che la perfezione sta nel mezzo; e il mezzo lo fissan giusto in quel punto dov'essi sono arrivati, e ci stanno comodi.

Lascian poi alle volte le cose più imbrogliate di prima. Quelli che fanno il bene, lo fanno all'ingrosso: quand'hanno provata quella soddisfazione, n'hanno abbastanza e non si viglion seccare a star dietro a tutte le conseguenze: ma coloro che hanno quel gusto di fare il male, ci mettono più diligenza, ci stanno dietro fino alla fine, non prendono mai requie, perché hanno qualche canchero che li rode.

Los provocadores, los tiranos, todos los que, de un modo u otro, ofenden al prójimo, son reos, no sólo del mal que cometen, sino también de la perversión que llevan al ánimo de los ofendidos.

también el mundo hace sus leyes, que prescriben el bien y el mal; también tiene su evangelio, un evangelio de soberbia y de odio; y no quiere que se diga que el amor por la vida es una razón para transgredir sus mandamientos. No lo quiere; y es obedecido.

Povero Renzo! – rispose il frate, - se il potente che vuol commettere l'ingiustizia fosse sempre obbligato a dir le sue ragioni, le cose non aderebbero come vanno.

perché le guerre fatte senza una ragione sarebbero ingiuste)

Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart - and through all human hearts.

some things were just meant to be good stories

Objectivism holds that the good must be defined by a rational standard of value, that pleasure is not a first cause, but only a consequence

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

In the long run principles are just more important than expediency.

Don't lie, don't steal and always be early.

Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.

In stories like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast , they always say the heroine is 'as good as she is beautiful.' I wondered if people just wanted that to be true, wanted the beautiful to be good. I wondered if they wanted the ugly to be bad because then they wouldn't have to feel bad for them.

If you're not a hero, does that make you a villain?

Like me, she has scruples. Why is it that only people with money have scruples? Do we have no money BECAUSE we have scruples?

It's about doing the right thing even if you don't want to do it. About taking responsibility for your actions...it's about letting go when you really, really want to hold on so bad.

There are no heroes in the world, only good-looking villains.

I think the message of goodness over beauty is a valuable one. I wish the world knew it.

In stories like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, they always say the heroine is "as good as she is beautiful". I wondered if people just wanted that to be true, wanted the beautiful to be good. I wondered if they wanted the ugly to be bad because then they wouldn't have to feel sorry for them.

Exitus probatur," he said. The end is justified. "Ergo acta probantur," said one of the waiting men. Therefore the means are justified.

Is this how you repay my goodness--with badness?" cried the boy. "Of course," said the crocodile out of the corner of his mouth. "That is the way of the world.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.