Morals Quotes

“If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this should remain as it is, is a human being by definition only, having much more in common with the bedbug, the tapeworm, the cancer, and the scavengers of the deep sea.”
― James Agee, Cotton Tenants: Three Families

“Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.”
― Abu'l-Ala-Al-Ma'arri

“We are much too tolerant of the moral aberration of statesmen and bureaucrats.”
― Kenzaburō Ōe

“Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure one's position in relation to them; never can one measure one's velocity or morality in terms of absolutes.”
― David Gerrold, Star Hunt

“I follow suit, said the lion,
vacating his coat of arms
and movie logos; and the eagle said,
Get me off this flag.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Tent

“Morala constituie pentru arta o primejdie pe care multi o subestimeaza, arta se apropie mai mult de natura, prin cruzimea ei infantila, decat morala, care e creatia spiritului uman matur, impins de nevoia de a pune ordine in viata afectiva si de a tine in frau instinctele. Uneori, ea devine necrutatoare,tinzand la suprimarea totala a instinctelor, ca si cand fara ele fiinta umana ar putea supravietui.”
― Marin Preda, Imposibila întoarcere

“All attempts at law, all religion, all ethical norms might be nothing more than attempts by the weak to restrain the strong. Then, within the law, arise the new strong, who subvert the law for their own ends of power and family interest, leaving the old strong outside their circle to pursue the waiting possibilities which they call crime. The weak, the cowardly, the decent ones, live between these groups.”
― George Zebrowski, Brute Orbits

“Look at all the awful things I haven’t done.”
― Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

“Ever your desire is to appear lordly and generous as a king of old, gracious, gentle. That may well befit one of high race, if he sits in power and peace. But in desperate hours gentleness may be rapid with death.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“Ethics are the key to liberation, not the anthesis of it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Isolation is inevitable when you surround yourself with those who do not share your values.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“It was true—the Fun Zone was a magnet for gossip, and after having worked there every summer for three years, Gabriel had developed a knack for knowing everything concerning the amusement park, as well as the whereabouts of nearly everyone in Aledale. Still, he always insisted that he didn’t like to gossip, but that was just Gabriel being Gabriel. Shelley said it was because he had a strong sense of morals, to which Jan would reply that anyone could be corrupted given the right persuasion.”
― Melissa K. Magner, Jinx

“Unsaved individuals often justify their sinful lifestyles and actions in their own eyes. They may use various excuses, rationalizations, or even biblical distortions to convince themselves that their behavior is acceptable. However, this self-justification is a form of deception, as it ignores the clear teachings of Scripture and the convicting work of the Holy Spirit.”
― Shaila Touchton

“Every time Nadia painted on the Artist here, Chad exploded. If all Nadia cared about was her sister, then I'm guessing Chad knew her sister, right?"

"You're the person making up the story." The Body Artist put on a camisole and then pulled a heavy sweater over it. "Something about Nadia bothered him so much he shot her, and it could have been her cunt, since that's what most guys see when they look at a woman."

"And so you display yours as a defiant statement: If that's all you think I am, that's what I'll be?”
― Sara Paretsky, Body Work

“What else was the vaunted British sense of fair play but a manifestation of our morality? Gandhi and Das's genius was that they realised that better than we did ourselves. They recognised that when it came down to it, the British and the Indians weren't that different, and the way to beat us was to appeal to our better natures — to make us comprehend the moral incongruity of our position in India.”
― Abir Mukherjee, Smoke and Ashes

“And we British considered ourselves a moral people. What else was the vaunted British sense of fair play but a manifestation of our morality?”
― Abir Mukherjee, Smoke and Ashes

“The City knows countless ways to cheat people. It's nothing to be proud of. The country has more honest ways.”
― C.J. Sansom, Dark Fire

“Many think that a funeral, is a fortuitous event, without any rules. That's not true. A funeral is a high-society event par excellence. You must never forget that at a funeral you are appearing on stage. You must patiently wait for the relatives to disperse. Once you are sure that all the guests are seated...
only at that point, may you offer your condolences to the family. In this way, everyone will see you. You take the mourner's hands, and rest yours on their arms. You whisper something to them, a comforting phrase, said with authority. For example: "ln the days to come,
when you feel the void, I want you to know that you can always count on me." The public will ask...

"What's Jep Gambardella saying?" You're allowed to retire to a corner by yourself, as if contemplating your sorrow. However, another matter must be approached with shrewdness. The chosen place needs
to be isolated but clearly visible to the public. Besides, a performance is good when it is devoid of any superfluity. So, the fundamental rule: one must never cry at a funeral. You must never steal the show from the family's sorrow. That is forbidden. Because it is immoral.”
― Jep Gambardella - Paolo Sorrentino's, The Great Beauty

“The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Morality protects us from the permissiveness that didn’t see cliff.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Iconography aside, it is easy to see what someone is trying to communicate when he pairs a lady with a snake. Alexander the Great's mother - as murderous and maniacal a Macedonian princess who ever lived - kept serpents as pets. She used them to terrify men. Before her came Eve, Medusa, Electra, and the Erinyes; when a woman teams up with a snake, a moral storm threatens somewhere.”
― Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life

“Words of hate are the sword that the person of principle never pulls from the scabbard of anger.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“For civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.”
― Rod Serling

“Herein lies a profound irony, the very faculties that distance us from nature also afford us the potential to rediscover it in new and meaningful ways. If human experience is folded into nature’s order, then so too must we regard our moral intuitions, our sense of beauty, and our quest for meaning as natural unfoldings. Might it be that through understanding and harmonizing these faculties, we may not only reconcile with nature but unlock deeper potentials?”
― Aldrich Chan, 7 Principles of Nature: How We Strayed and How We Return

“We all have our lines that we are willing to cross. We get into a problem when we're unforgiving in any way. We offer no grace. That doesn't mean that I don't have lines that I draw, that if people cross it, I won't do. I do try to not be so rigid in the way that I think society has become.”
― Jon Stewart

“Eidhin: It is unpleasant, but this is the world you and I live in, now. Men must be bought or compelled, rather than relied upon to do the right thing. I will make sure Quintus Elevus does the right thing.”
― James Islington, The Strength of the Few

“Life is too precious to stand on anything that is not.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“When you go to the office, you shouldn't have to leave your morals at the door. Your employer should provide a secure storage space in your cubicle.”
― John Alejandro King aka The Covert Comic

“Within ourselves our evil will is momentous, and sooner or later it works its way outside us—it may be in the vitiation that breeds evil acts, but also it may be in the self-abhorrence that stings us into better striving.”
― George Eliot, Daniel Deronda