Quotes About Morality

If we declare ourselves, as readers, to be on the side of life, the question has to be asked what sort of life we are on the side of.

For a long time, I'd wanted to write a book that I would be proud and happy and psychologically and morally comfortable about my parents' reading.

Much of the world's moral compass is broken. The moral north reads south and the moral south reads north.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

I have seen many teachers in real life, which come from the same background and morality and treat their profession like just another one rather than a noble profession.

I'm definitely not a bad guy in real life.

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people.

Physical attributes can make you appealing, but to keep the appeal going, one has to draw from within. You have to be a real person. Your fans and the people you associate with have to be able to see beyond your looks. You have to be a good friend, dutiful son and a good family man.

Marvel is really about the stories of Peter Parker and Bruce Banner or Jessica Jones. These are - I'm hesitant to say the word, but - real people with real problems whose power comes, to use the great expression, with great responsibility.

hooting for 'Savdhaan India' in Mathura made me realise that no matter what place you come from be it a holy city, crime still prevails.

I know a lot of law officers, and every single one of them faces a moment - usually after about three hours on the job - when they realise that there's no connection between law and justice.

I was raised to think that if you behaved badly with men, you went to hell. I realise now it is puritanical and not very adult.

'The Gambler' by Dostoevsky. It was the first time I realised that it was possible to have good and evil in one person. It led me to read a lot of Russian literature.

My parents are naive in their morality of things, and so, without realising it, I landed up being ethical and having strong opinions.

It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands of justice, morality, and conscience.

As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.

Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

I think goodness is very powerful, but often evil is made more attractive in films. It's a challenge to make goodness appealing.