Quotes About Morality

One of irony's greatest accomplishments is that one cannot punish the wrongdoing of another without committing a wrongdoing himself.

Conscience keeps more people awake than coffee.

But how should man be just with God?

I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

One cannot think crooked and walk straight.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

Even the DEVIL is only eighty percent EVIL, and not one hundred percent.

There is no equal between good and evil.

To harken to evil conversation is the road to wickedness..

Those who prey on the weak are weaker than their prey.

The lie has seven endings.

Goodness sold itself, badness flaunted itself about.

Ius est ars boni et aequi [Legal justice is the art of the good and the fair].

At least a bank robber uses his arms to steal money. I am using money to steal an arm.

Coitados, pensavam que eu gostaria de ler histórias de pessoas sem contrastes, em que os bons são sempre bons e os maus sempre maus, e a bondade e a maldade se acham divididas por uma muralha da China bem definida, e ainda bem, para sabermos de que lado convém estar.

La historia de nuestra civilización es, hasta cierto punto, la historia de un esfuerzo persuasivo por extender los mejores «sentimientos morales» a círculos cada vez más amplios de humanidad

The humans who first devised the Golden Rule, that we should treat others the way we want others to treat us, formulated the precept with the help of what they felt when they were treated badly or when they saw others badly treated. Logic played a role as it worked on facts, to be sure, but some of the critical facts were feelings.

e seres humanos que inventam flautas, escrevem poesia, acreditam eu Deus, conquistam o Planeta e o espaço em seu redor, combatem doenças para atenuar o sofrimento, mas também não hesitam em destruir outros seres humanos para seu ganho pessoal, inventam a internet, descobrem maneiras de a transformar num instrumento de progresso e de catástrofe e, ainda por cima, se interrogam sobre as bactérias, formigas, abelhas - e si próprios.

It is against every law of the spirit world that one person can assume responsibility for another's wrongdoing.