Quotes About Values

I have no personal stake in these people, Jean-Claude, but they are people. Good, bad, or indifferent, they are alive, and no one has the right to just arbitrarily snuff them out." So it is the sanctity of life you cling to? I nodded. "That and the fact that every human being is special. Every death is a loss of something precious and irreplaceable.

I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys.

Morals aren't just for when it's easy, Anita. They aren't morals if you throw them aside every time it's convenient.

Resulta turbador que alguien se considere mal tipo y le dé igual. Atenta contra todo lo sagrado. Se nos enseña, por encima de todo, a ser amables y cultivar la amistad. Alguien que prescinde de todo eso es un individualista y un peligro en potencia

Some of the most deeply moral people I knew were least politically correct, because they actually worried about good and evil, not just what they were told was good or bad.

There was something a little frightening about a man who knew he was not a nice person and didn't give a damn. It went against everything America holds dear.

There are some things that are more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror. I gave up my gun for the same reason I'd stopped for the child. There was no choice. I was one of the good guys. Good guys were self-sacrificing. It was a rule somewhere.

Lastly, people seemed to think that morality was the same thing as being politically correct, and it wasn't. Some of the most deeply moral people I knew were least politically correct, because they actually worried about good and evil, not just what they were told was good or bad.

The life spent in doing what you love is a different life indeed from putting yourself out for hire to the highest bidder.

Consumption kept the workers working, which kept the paychecks coming, which kept the people spending, which kept the investors investing, which meant there was more to consume. The system, properly understood, was independent of values and needed no philosophy to prop it up. It was a perfect circle, complete in itself - and empty in the middle.

Memiliki rasa hormat pada diri sendiri akan membimbing moral kita, Memiliki rasa hormat terhadap orang lain akan menjaga sikap sopan santun kita.

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.

My parents didn't raise me to be religious. The closest we come to worship is the Trinity of Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.

In writing, as in life, always be true to your character.

This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values....

And morality is nothing if it is merely a form of good behavior.

There is a sad forgetfulness of Christian modesty, especially in the life and dress of women.

We're in a world that is run by accountants and I think that it's sad in many ways.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

Most people in America don't believe that "God" is a dirty word, but the sad fact is that some Americans are left to wonder whether the Supreme Court might have greater regard for it if it was.

It's a sad reality if a guy like Charles Koch doesn't qualify as a role model. It's just sad.

I would choose to live a century in a dark room instead of hanging out with fake friends.

A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship.

Science is morally neutral, but social science shows us that some moral codes are better than others.