Quotes About Morality

Whenever you see this much wealth, assume that someone dirtied his hands. Fortunes don't come to saints.

That it's possible to be against the circus, not because you're afraid to die there, but because it's wicked and wrong. ~Aurelia, 152

Among the innumerable books on Addy's shelves was one by Ernest Hemingway in which I found these words: 'What is moral is what you feel good after. What is immoral is what you feel bad after.

To her mind, a good cop was worth their weight in gold, but every profession had their bad apples, and bad cops could do more damage than your average dirtbag criminal. She felt no regret or guilt over what she did.

tik?kite kaip norite, tai j?s? asmeninis reikalas, ta?iau priesak? laikykit?s, elkit?s kaip ir dera. Beje, norint elgtis kaip dera, netgi neb?tina b?ti krikš?ionimi. Galima b?ti netgi niekuo. Paskutiniu agnostiku, besparniu ateistu.

All crimes," she remembered him advising, "are crimes against continuity—continuity of life, continuity of ownership, systems continuity.

If we kill those who are evil, we will become evil ourselves; we will be killers. If we attempt to deal with evil by destroying it, we will also end up destroying ourselves, spiritually if not physically. Evil can be defeated by goodness. Evil can be conquered only by love. We must somehow be both tolerant and intolerant, accepting and demanding, strict and flexible. An almost godlike compassion is required.

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.

O maior pecado, depois do pecado, é a publicação do pecado.

one could deduce that vice is often the manure of virtue

avarice is only the exaggeration of a virtue, and the virtues must be like budgets: a surplus is better than a deficit.

coisa em si pecaminosa, porque sem pecadores não há inferno, nem purgatório, e sem estes dois lugares o céu valeria menos.

De repente, ouvia a guitarra do pecado, tangida pelos dedos de Sofia, que o deliciavam, que o estonteavam, a um tempo; e lá se ia toda a castidade do plano anterior. Teimava novamente, forcejava por trocar as composições; pensava na moça da Saúde, modos tão bonitos, criancinha pela mão...

the moral unity of all things attained by the exclusion of those who opposed me.

Conscience is just the same; it examines itself often whenever it thinks it looks good. And remorse is nothing more than the scowl of a conscience seeing its own vileness.

mas a avareza é apenas a exageração de uma virtude e as virtudes devem ser como os orçamentos: melhor é o saldo que o deficit.

As imoralidades do Império, bem mais contidas ou mais bem assimiladas ou ocultas, não servem como álibi para as da República, as quais parecem uma espécie de vingança dos "espíritos animais" enjaulados durante tantos anos.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuous in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

Não se pode definir como virtude a matança dos próprios concidadãos, a traição aos amigos e a demonstração de falta de lealdade, de piedade, de consciência e de ideal moral: Essas práticas podem conquistar o poder ao príncipe, nunca a glória.

And you have to understand this, that a prince, especially a new one, cannot observe all those things for which men are esteemed, being often forced, in order to maintain the state, to act contrary to faith, friendship, humanity, and religion. " The Prince, XVIII, 5

An unavoidable war is called justice. When brutality is the only option left it is holy

There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

we're all a grab bag of good and eveil, and by and large can't tell which is which