Quotes About Morality

There is no greater evil than killing. I don't care whether they call it war or justice. Life is precious.

I don't think atheism means one does not believe in a spiritual life. I think it means one does not follow the tenets of the established religions.

I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either

Ethics is a code of values which guide our choices and actions and determine the purpose and course of our lives.

If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is a terrible one to live an evil life, while believing in God

Obscenity is a notable enhancer of life and is suppressed at grave peril to the arts.

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.

Preservation of human life generally outweighs some stupid code about returning objects on time.

A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.

Sin is bad in the eye, worse in the tongue, worse still in the heart, but worst of all in the life.

If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life.

Fear, logic, and tradition are not going to make you live a good life when no one is looking.

Life is not theory. It is reality, with inherent duties to everything and everyone.

The morality of the 21st century will depend on how we respond to this simple but profound question: Does every human life have equal moral value simply and merely because it is human?

Life isn't that simple. Everybody has a dual potential to do good and bad and you're capable of doing both. But as to whether someone is beyond redemption, they're dangerous.

We, all who live, have A life that is lived And another life that is thought, And the only life we have It's the one that is divided In right or wrong.

One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture.

He is not great who is not greatly good.

What the writers do, and we hopefully can bring to life, is that they present characters who, on the surface, aren't always heroic and their acts aren't always devoid of selfishness.

We are not wholly bad or good, who live our lives under Milk Wood.

The sense of purity is a puzzling, and at times a fearful thing. It seems so noble, and it starts at one with morality. But it is a dangerous guide, and can lead us away not only from what is gracious, but also from what is good.

And we really should be considering the moral implications of what we're doing. What kind of a species are we that we treat the rest of life so cheaply? There are those who think that's the destiny of Earth: We arrived, we're humanizing the Earth, and it will be the destiny of Earth for us to wipe humans out and most of the rest of biodiversity. But I think the great majority of thoughtful people consider that a morally wrong position to take, and a very dangerous one.

You can't believe because she tells you to," I said "No. The question is: how to be a good person if I don't believe anymore.

Do you think a person is as bad as her worst actions?...I mean, do our worst actions define us when we're alive? Or, do you think human beings are better than the very worst things we have ever done?