Quotes About Morality

Rules are often an excuse to ignore compassion.

Si siempre me comporto como es debido sin tener en cuenta lo que me cueste suprimir mis propios deseos, eso es lo único que quedará de mí.

My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Government, on the other hand, is a cultural organism particularly attractive to doubts, questions and contentions. I see the day coming when ceremony must take the place of faith and symbolism replaces morality.

It shields evil behind walls of self-righteousness which are proof against all arguments against the evil.

The realization that all religions had at least one common commandment: "Thou shalt not disfigure the soul.

A volte coloro che erano supremamente ricchi diventavano depravati. Ciò derivava dalla loro convinzione che il denaro (il potere) potesse comperare tutto e tutti. E perché non avrebbero dovuto crederlo? Lo vedevano accadere tutti i giorni. Era facile credere negli assoluti.

My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. "Something cannot emerge from nothing," he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable "the truth" can be.

To be guilty is to be innocent. Thus, to be innocent is to be guilty.

Thou shall not make a machine to counterfeit a human mind.

Perverts don't perpetuate!

Government and religion united, and breaking a law became sin. A smell of blasphemy arose like smoke around any questioning of governmental edicts. The guilt of rebellion invoked hellfire and self-righteous judgments.

O civilizaÈ›ie se întemeiaz?, în cea mai mare parte, pe laÈ™itate. Este atât de uÈ™or s? civilizezi propov?duind laÈ™itatea. Diluezi factorii care ar putea încuraja cutezanÈ›a. Limitezi exercitarea voinÈ›ei. Egalizezi apetiturile. Îngr?deÈ™ti orizonturile. Decretezi o lege pentru fiecare miÈ™care. Negi existenÈ›a haosului. Îi înveÈ›i pân? È™i pe copii s? respire domol. ÎmblânzeÈ™ti.

A crime in one society can be a moral requirement in another society.

Cuántas veces el hombre encolerizado niega con rabia lo que le dicta su conciencia!

You were the one they used against us, Bruce. The one who played it rough. When the noise started from the parents' groups and the sub-committee called us for questioning... you were the one who laughed... that scary laugh of yours. Sure, we're criminals, you said. We've always been criminals. We have to be criminals.--Kal-El aka Clark Kent aka Superman

A gun is a coward's weapon. A liar's weapon.We kill.. too often.. because we've made it easy.. too easy.. sparing ourselves the mess.. and the work..

Though surrounded by sinfulness and terror, we must not become so embittered that we take Satan's methods as our own.

But, Mummy, couldn't God make another wars, but bad people. Oh! I said. I was disappointed about that. I began to think that God wasn't quite what he was cracked up to be.

There's something weird and sexual about the way some people talk about God--have you noticed?

the sin of the representative man.

We must remember that possession of physical beauty can easily weaken the moral faculty.

SkromnosÃ…Â¥ sa tradi?ne považovala za cnosÃ…Â¥ a z dobrých dôvodov. Musíme si svoju skromnosÃ…Â¥ chrániÃ…Â¥, pretože ona nás zasa chráni pred nami samými.

Of course, as someone once observed, there is no right way to do something wrong