Quotes About Morality

Mme Therbouche: Ah oui, qu'avez-vous fait jusqu'à présent pour la morale ? Diderot: (sans vergogne). Mais... j'ai offert mon exemple.

Le mal, c'est la promesse qu'on ne tient pas...

Tu mourras par où tu as péché.

Ecco. Bisogna distinguere due pene, Oscar, la sofferenza fisica e la sofferenza morale. La sofferenza fisica la si subisce. La sofferenza morale la si sceglie.» «Non capisco.» «Se ti piantano dei chiodi nei polsi o nei piedi, non puoi far altro che avere male. Subisci. Invece, all'idea di morire, non sei obbligato ad avere male. Non sai che cos'è. Dipende dunque da te.»

The task of the moral philosopher-thinker is to support and strengthen the voice of human conscience, to recognize what is good or what is bad for people, whether they are good or bad for society in a period of evolution. May be a voice crying in the wilderness, but only if that voice remains lively and uncompromising, it is possible to transform the desert into fertile land.

It is desirable to avoid trivial and evil company altogether—unless one can assert oneself fully, and thus make the other doubt his own position.

Ä°nsan seviyorsa iki ÅŸeyi asla yapmaz. Aldatmaz ve aÄŸlatmaz. Çünkü aldatmak insan onuruna; aÄŸlatmak ise insan yüreÄŸine yap?lm?? en çirkin sald?r?d?r.

Dig in the pope's pocket for the bullet, the brown glass vial with the magic top. Snort. Taste chemicals running down the back of your throat. Snort again.

Surely,' she said, much quieter, more reasonable, 'surely you've been with other women?' His glance at her was dry. 'What do you think?' She looked away at random. 'I think that it appears we have a double standard, here. Men can have sex, women can't. Who, then, do the men have sex with?

L'opinion du monde ne compte pas, mon fils. Seul compte que tu saches, au tréfonds de ton cÅ"ur, que tu n'as pas souillé ton honneur. L'honneur est une chose sacrée et doit être traité comme tel. Un homme peut survivre au scandale, à la ruine, ou à pire encore, s'il sait que son honneur est sauf.

The case for doing what one sees as one's duty must be strong, but how can we be indifferent to the consequences that may follow from our doing what we take to be our just duty?

HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of seeming to be what he depises

"Immoral" is the judgment of the stalled ox on the gamboling lamb.

When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: [from academe] A modern school where football is taught.

Saint. A dead sinner revised and edited.

I could not cry for my own brother; he would not want me to. But I found myself crying for this hated stranger and the endless slaughter that I had almost contributed to." (page 8)

The wall between the men's and women's rooms was built like a fortress, and solid bars covered the windows—they'd been put there by the proprietors to protect the girls' honour. Instead they'd served as a death sentence. Isn't that always the way, Mrs. Fisher had thought, man's fears causing him to do things that lead to far greater sins.

Religious folk could be so deliciously predictable. He could set his watch by their hypocrisy.

Kral?na kar?? hakl? olan bir vekil, kocas?na kar?? hakl? olan bir kad?n, subay?na kar?? hakl? olan bir nefer; bunlar?n hepsi iki kat cezaya çarpt?r?lmaz m?? Zay?flar için hakl? olmak suçtur.

Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanors, and faith quickly becomes cruel if is not subdued by certain doubts.

If with evil You punish the evil I have done Pray tell, what is the difference between You and me?

je sais parfaitement que la peur pourrait faire basculer n'importe quelle personne dans le crime.

La vertu devient morbide si elle n'est adoucie par quelques écarts, et la foi devient aisément cruelle si elle n'est atténuée par quelques doutes." (dans Léon l'Africain