Quotes About Morality

A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional...values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

I believe that whether a person follows any religion or not is unimportant, he or she must have a good heart, a warm heart.

Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

The pride of life hath corrupted the judgment of others, and perverted them in the way of religion.

It's not religion that's the problem - it's the lack of religion!

Religion makes kind people say unkind things: "I must prove my faith, so mutilate the genitals of my children." They wouldn't do that if God didn't tell them to do so.

To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.

I guess to me religion is a kind of moral code.

Anyone who does anything for pleasure to indulge his selfish soul will surely burn in Hell.

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.

Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.

Skepticism is the highest duty and blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.

One of the worst things sin did for man was to make him selfish, for selfishness cannot love.

Only religion can prevent democratic rule from developing into mob rule. A nation can prosper only as its citizens are religious, intelligent, capable of service and eager to render it.

It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.

How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelette?

The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

How delicious to corrupt, to stifle all semblances of virtue and religion in that young heart!

I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being.