Quotes About Morality

Many people think… that the Christian commandments (for instance, loving your neighbor as yourself) are purposely made too strict—rather like the clock being put half an hour fast to prevent them getting up much too late in the morning.

You would have realized that it wasn't Mumtaz, a muslim, a friend of yours, but a human being you had killed. I mean, if he was a bastard, by killing him you wouldn't have killed the bastard in him; similarly, assuming that he was a Muslim, you wouldn't have killed his Muslimness, but him.

He catches the thieves that lie in the hearts of their pure and respectable wives. And he compares them to the purity in the heart of a whore in a brothel.

A man remains a man no matter how poor his conduct. A woman, even if she were to deviate for one instance, from the role given to her by men, is branded a whore. She is viewed with lust and contempt. Society closes on her doors it leaves ajar for a man stained by the same ink. If both are equal, why are our barbs reserved for the woman?

To those men who say that women from "good families" must come into the world of cinema, I have this question: What is it that you mean by "good?" A woman, who honestly puts her wares on display, and sells them without an intention to cheat, is such a woman not virtuous?

She carried herself with the thought that she was a decent person and she often wondered why the men in her life were not decent too

A man is not responsible for the crime he commits, his circumstances are.

If there is a God, I implore him -- for God's sake destroy the laws of men, demolish their prisons and make your own prisons in the heavens. Punish them in your own courts, because if nothing else, you are at least, God.

?yilik demek kimseye kötülü?ü dokunmamak de?il, kötülük yapacak cevheri içinde ta??mamak demektir.

Kendi ruhunun pisli?ini bu kadar yak?ndan gören bir adam ba?kalar?n?n temiz olaca??na inanabilir mi?

?imdi bak?yorum,yüzünüz hiç de fena bir k?za benzemiyor.Fakat yapt?klar?n?z? kendiniz be?eniyor musunuz ?

Fakat içimizde, bizim "ahlak" taraf?m?zla hiçbir ?ekilde münasebete geçmeyerek hadiseleri muhakeme eden, neticeler ç?karan ve tedbirler alan bir "hesabi" taraf?m?z vard? ve lafta de?ilse bile fiilde daima o galip ç?k?yor ve onun dedi?i oluyordu.

Suiniyeti esas olarak kabul eden ve bir insan?n dürüst, samimi ve namuslu olabilece?ine ihtimal vermeyen bir kimseye kar?? kendini müdafaa edebilmenin hazin imkans?zl??? onun elini kolunu ba?lam??t?.

Fakat hadiseler gösterdi ki, fena olmay???m tesadüf eseriymi?, f?rsat dü?memi?, zaruret olmam??. Nitekim hayat?n ilk çelmesinde yuvarlan?verdim. ?yilik demek kimseye kötülü?ü dokunmamak de?il, kötülük yapacak cevheri içinde ta??mamak demektir.

bizim en büyük maharetimiz nefsimizden beraat karar? almakt?r. Vicdan azab? dedikleri ?ey, ancak bir hafta sürer. Ondan sonra en a?a??l?k katil bile yapt??? i? için kafi mazeretler tedarik etmi?tir.

Bu dünya böyledir i?te, kimi adam öldürdü?ü için katil diye an?l?r, kimi ad? katile ç?kt? diye adam öldürür.

In its origin the idea of right is so simple, so humble, one may say, that philosophers have gone elsewhere for its explanation.

Your ideas of good and bad are just a certain level of prejudice against life. The

Bullshit may get you to the top, but it never lets you stay there!

Morality always differs from person to person, according to time, place, situation—and convenience.

Belief is just like morality. People who believe something often think they are superior to others.

Good and bad are always according to your ego requirements. If you go by this, you enslave yourself to the dualities of life; you divide the existence. So the question of turning spiritual never arises.

Your ideas of good and bad are just a certain level of prejudice against life".

Only for a person who is living with duality there is good and bad karma.