Quotes About Morality

I do like crossing moral boundaries.

It takes a special conviction to decide to go against the crowd and to know what is right and to act upon it.

One can't be kind to one person and cruel to another.

We are not by nature cruel.

The law is cruel.

I'm totally against animal cruelty. I don't have clothes, shoes or bags made from any animal products.

The only thing that really depresses me is animal cruelty.

As a society, there are times when we need to stand together against indecency and cruelty.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

I think life is too sacred to ever take it in any circumstances, even for the cure of a disease or something like that.

A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!

Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.

The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.

I guess in general, people tend to not eat the cute animals.

We're all trying to figure out on a daily basis what kind of person to be, aren't we? I am, at least.

I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.

By the time you have your protagonist attempting to assassinate the Pope, you've sort of signaled that everything is on the table.

There are necessary taboos and essential decencies in every morally healthy society.

Passivity is a tacit endorsement of evil we are too afraid to oppose actively.

Growth is essential and must be sustained. But rapid growth alone cannot address the problems arising out of continuing disparities. Tackling these is not just a matter of social justice but, more importantly, an existential necessity and a moral imperative.

I don't think there are any negative roles anymore. I think we can aptly put such characters under 'anti-hero' tag.

Tainted numbers, I believe, do not belong in the Hall of Fame.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

I hold myself to a very high standard, and I hold my contributions to that same high standard. I will not accept any contributions that are illegal, inappropriate or tainted.