Quotes About Values

Pure practical reason, even with a good knowledge of the facts, will not take you to morality.

In a conservative society, stability and order were far more important than freedom of expression.

A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.

the moral and spiritual imperatives of religion are important for humanity and should not be relegated unthinkingly to the scrap heap of history in the interests of an unfettered rationalism.

Iš vis? civilizacijos išradim? ?iabuviai daugiausia vertina degtukus, dvirat? ir šautuv?, jei jais žavisi, ta?iau ir j? nedvejodami atsisakys, jei tik užeis kalba apie karv?.

Feeding the family trumps conviction every time, Mary though, a basic law of the human condition.

The rich rarely give a black dog for a white monkey, my friend. It's the way of the world.

Emotion and instinct were the basis of all our decisions, our actions, everything we valued, the way we saw the world. Reason and rationality were a thin coat of paint on a ragged surface.

No one with real integrity tries to sell their integrity to you. People with real integrity hardly notice they have it.

The dog show emphasizes bloodline, appearance, and comportment, but money and breeding are never far from anyone's mind.

Don't side with assholes," she said. Her voice was very not chill.

The idea of our own rationality...was convincing to us only because we so wished to be convinced. To any impartial observer, could such a thing exist, the sham was patent. Emotion and instinct were the basis of all our decisions, our actions, everything we valued, the way we saw the world. Reason and rationality were a thin coat of paint on a ragged surface.

If we give ourselves permission to say this death justifies that one, then we truly are lost.

I don't know who the good guys are anymore. But I do know what the enemy is. It's the compromise of principles. You lose the war when you lose your principles. And the first principle is to look out for your comrades.

It was an ethical choice between rules or lives, and rules didn't always translate into what was right.

When you can no longer know what your nation or your government stands for, or even where it is, you need a set of beliefs you can carry with you and cling to. You need a core in your heart that will never change.

There is a fine line between neutral and amoral. In fact, there may be no line there at all.

They had both been raised in complete isolation from the everyday world, with their own set of values and disciplines, not because they had been chosen to be different but because they had been born that way. Their calling was random, genetic—unfair.

And he explained that there was no Mandalorian word for "hero." It was only not being one that had its own word: Hut'uun.

Doing the right thing even if there's nothing in it for you is the difference between civilisation and the cesspit we're in today.

Friends don't let friends take home ugly men.

Beware the high cost of low living.

People did not change their basic, core personalities. Their values tended to stay the same.

People did not change their basic, core personalities. Their values tended to stay the same. Their personal demeanors. Their world outlook and political beliefs. One need only go to a high school reunion to verify the theory.