Quotes About Morality

One thing both my parents agree on is this: if people are doing something unfair, it's part of our job to remind them what's fair, even if sometimes it still doesn't turn out the way we want it to.

She said, "So my question is this. Does Angel the vampire keep a pair of black leather pants in his closet? Just in case? Like fat pants? Do vampires have closets? Or does he donate his evil pants to Goodwill when he's good again? Because if so then every time he turns evil, he has to go buy new evil pants.

History's shown that in this world, when you take your ideals too far, all you ever create is Hell.

Hemingway had a handy dictum. You want to know if something is morally right? Listen to your stomach. If it sits like broken glass, then it's morally wrong.

And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss.

Dennis Wheatley

What you're doing is wrong," he said. "I mean evil. To give up happiness like this is like throwing jewels into the ocean. It's far worse than any sin.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

The first casualty of a civil war was justice, Philip had realized.

The small boys came early to the hanging.

When I'm brave and strong, and care for children and the sick and the poor, I become a better person. And when I'm cruel, cowardly, or tell lies, or get drunk, I turn into someone less worthy, and I can't respect myself. That's the divine retribution I believe in

If it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.

All men make mistakes,' said the ancient Greek Sophocles. 'But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only sin is pride.

He did not really understand the game they were playing: in his world, the best way to get something was to deserve it, not to toady to the giver.

You didn't ask for a priest." "Whether I've been good or bad, I don't think God will be fooled by a last-minute change of heart.

A man who had a love affair was considered wicked but romantic; a woman who did the same was a whore.

After all, if you can't kill a man in front of God's face you probably shouldn't kill him at all.

Ha creído que, al servicio de Dios, el fin justifica los medios.

But when you grab happiness you may let go of something more valuable --- your integrity. - Hugh Pilaster

And so, Aldred thought, great ones sin with impunity while lesser men are brutally chastised.

People know the difference between right and wrong—and if they don't, that's what priests are for.

What should we do?" "If you want to live, you should go to church, confess your sins, pray, and lead a better life.

And that would be sufficient, if we lived in a world that was ruled by laws." Aldred sat on a stool, leaned forward, and spoke quietly. "But the man matters more than the law, as you know.

En definitiva, hasta las personas más crueles tienen algún escrúpulo.