Quotes About Morality

An interest," writes Kant, "is present only in a dependent will which is not of itself always in accord with reason; in the divine will we cannot conceive of an interest.

Plato appeals to soaring idealism scornful of the practical. Aristotle appeals to joyful realism on earth. Kant appeals to rage.

A valid code of morality, Ayn Rand concludes, a code based on reason and proper to man, must hold man's life as its standard of value. "All that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; all that which destroys it is the evil."16

In the Old Testament, guilt enters the world by way of a bite from a fruit.

The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.

He who does not oppose evil......commands it to be done.

It is as great an error to speak well of a worthless man as to speak ill of a good man.

sooner will there exist a body without a shadow than virtue unaccompanied by envy.

Lies don't solve problems it just make it worst ...so liars beware

Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it.

There will come a time when men look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

He who does not value life does not deserve it.

That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. Hold property and external riches with fear; they often leave their possessor scorned and mocked at for having lost them.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

Non appena nasce la virtù, nasce contro di lei l'invidia, e farà prima il corpo a perdere la sua ombra che la virtù la sua invidia.

Verrà il tempo in cui l'uomo non dovrà più uccidere per mangiare, ed anche l'uccisione di un solo animale sarà considerato un grave delitto

Who sows virtue reaps honour.

Are people innately altruistic? is the wrong kind of question to ask. People are people, and they respond to incentives. They can nearly always be manipulated--for good or ill--if only you find the right levers.

If life on death row is safer than life on the streets, it's hard to believe that the fear of execution is a driving force in a criminal's calculus.

we should keep in mind the difference between sin and tragedy.

We feel guilty for what we do. We feel shame for what we are. A person feels guilt because he did something wrong. A person feels shame because he is something wrong.

Tut, tut, child! said the Duchess. Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

Tut, tut, child!' said the Duchess. 'Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.' And she squeezed herself up closer to Alice's side as she spoke.

I have a fairy by my side Which says I must not sleep, When once in pain I loudly cried It said You must not weep If, full of mirth, I smile and grin, It says You must not laugh When once I wished to drink some gin It said You must not quaff. When once a meal I wished to taste It said You must not bite When to the wars I went in haste It said You must not fight. What may I do? at length I cried, Tired of the painful task. The fairy quietly replied, And said You must not ask. Moral: You mustn't.