…sentences of the court on moral issues are always passed in absentia.

There was a wicked ole witch once called Black Aliss. She was an unholy terror. There’s never been one worse or more powerful. Until now. Because I could spit in her eye and steal her...

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.

Elle est retrouvée!-Quoi? -l’Éternité.C’est la mer mêléeAu soleil.Je devins un opéra fabuleux : je vis que tous les êtres ont une fatalité de bonheur : l’action n’est pas la vie, mais une façon de g...

Generally speaking, if you think something you want to do is wrong, it is.

In the common degree of the moral, there is no virtue. Virtue is excellence.

The time came to put Iris Duarte back on the plane.It was a morning flight which made it difficult. I wasused to rising at noon; it was a fine cure for hangoversand would add 5...

Your religion assumes that people are children and need a boogeyman so they’ll behave. You want people to believe in God so they’ll obey the law. That’s the only means that occurs to you: a...

The more cashless our society becomes, the more our moral compass slips.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

Increasingly, Christian life seems to be nothing more than a particular way of behaving, a code of good conduct. Christianity is increasingly alienated, becoming a social attribute adapted to meet the least worthy of human...

I’m not really interested in the black and white, the ‘goodies and baddies.’ I find the complexity of the gray areas more compelling, more intriguing. As I have said before, there are angels and demons...

In ambiguous situations, it’s a good bet that the crowd will generally stick together – and be wrong.

Day and NightThe night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing.

Love sets the foundation for all human values.

It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself through obedience to the laws of his being, which will...

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

We not only do not believe that man is punished for his ‘sins,’ but emphatically state that there is no such thing as sin. There are wrongs and injustices, but no sin. Sin, like purgatory...

Tell me,’ asked Stas, ‘what is a wicked deed?’ ‘If anyone takes away Kali’s cow,’ he answered after a brief reflection, ‘that then is a wicked deed.’ ‘Excellent!’ exclaimed Stas, ‘and what is a good...

But the line between moral behavior and narcissistic self-righteousness is thin and difficult to discern

I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I...

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she is as bitter as wormword, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down...

Morality is only for the middle class, sweet. The lower class can’t afford it, and the upper classes have entirely too much leisure time to fill

By telling lie you can hide the truth, but u can’t reject it.

To live with integrity, it is important to know what’s right and what’s wrong, to be educated morally. However, merely KNOWING is not enough. Virtuous character matters more than moral knowledge. The reason is simple:...

Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners

We all need a moral compass. Before you say or do anything, check your inner G.P.S. by asking, “Does this show respect for GodPeopleSelf?

It is remarkable indeed how we human beings are capable of delighting in the mating call of a flower while we are surrounded by the charred carcasses of our fellow animals.

Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amount of privilege and therefore we have a huge amount of responsibility. We live in free societies where we are not...

Show them that love is greater,” Betsie replied. In that moment, Corrie realized her sister’s focus was on the prison guard, not the victim she was watching. Betsie saw the world through a different lens....

Punishment is now unfashionable… because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.

Government should never be able to do anything you can’t do. If you can’t steal from your neighbor, you can’t send the government to steal for you.

He, too, was in the grip of rage and rhetoric. I saw that, attractive though his side of the political spectrum was. A cancerous violence had eaten into every political idea, had taken over the...

It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.

So how do you find out what God thinks? The Christian says, you look in the Bible. And the Bible tells us that God forbids homosexual acts. Therefore, they are wrong.So basically the reasoning goes...

To dispense knowledge without moral guidance would be grossly irresponsible.

What you feed your soul is what you harvest with your actions.

Morality depends on culture. Culture depends on climate.

The defiance of the good atheist hurled at an apparently ruthless and idiotic cosmos is really an unconscious homage to something in or behind that cosmos which he recognizes as infinitely valuable and authoritative: for...

So you think money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and...

Light and Dark: each was unaware that the other existed.

Two wrongs don’t make a right, but neither does one. Revenge may seem petty by day, but on some nights she becomes Justice.

The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or...

The only prescription for morality is this: Remember that every woman could have been your mother, every girl could be your daughter. Remember that every man could have been your father, every boy could be...

I find it most remarkable that we who are so intimately involved in the battle between good and evil are even more involved with the shades of gray in between them.

Nevědomí je přirozené bytí a jako takové je amorální, neboť obsahuje všechny negativní, destruktivní a ohavné stránky přírody. Nemá žádný důvod, aby je stydlivě zahalovalo, a tak o nich vypovídá zcela nepokrytě – pokud má...

Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour … If at my convenience...

Whatever thing a man gets quickly enraged about is his idol, and whatever thing he makes his idol becomes his religion.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

Principles are what people have instead of God.To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to sacrifice even your highest principles for God’s or your neighbour’s sake the way a...