Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel’s plea, ‘My forbears did the same.

Do not be deceived: bad company corrupts good morals.

If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense...

To train a citizen is to train a critic. The whole point of education is that it should give a man abstract and eternal standards, by which he can judge material and fugitive conditions.

The morals of societies are defined by how they treat a strange woman.

The sign of a good conscience is for a man to be in support of basically everything that Westboro Baptist isn’t.

Hence a certain tension between religion and society marks the higher stages of every civilization. Religion begins by offering magical aid to harassed and bewildered men; it culminates by giving to a people that unity...

Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe – and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every...

In Book III, which deals with morals, I have also passed over some things but for a different reason. Ever since I served as an infantryman in the First World War, I have had a...

There are poor men out there. And rich ones. Rich men never wait for nothing, so why would they be good? Good men are poor, because they have to count on others’ kindnesses.

Guilt’s just your ego’s way of tricking you into thinking that you’re making moral progress. Don’t fall for it, my dear.

Here then is an infallible criterion, by which the nation may judge of the intentions of those who govern it … if they corrupt the morals of the people, spread a taste for luxury, effeminacy,...

Till it does come, you know, we women never mean to have anybody. It is a thing of course among us, that every man is refused, till he offers.

Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with...

A moral judgment of abortion is the usage of a man-made ideology to judge a man-made technology.

Customs, morals–is there a difference?

This is my life,” Mandy declared, smiling sincerely. Alecto just looked concerned and very doubtful as the rain drizzled down the roads and sidewalks, towards the harbour where it fell into the ocean, indistinguishable from...

Some are born to greatness; some achieve greatness; some have greatness thrust upon them.’ It is in this way that the librarian has become a censor of literature… books that distinctly commend what is wrong,...

It is through justification of one’s actions that a completely guiltless life is possible.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.

Jeg skal alltid handle slik at den regelen jeg handler etter kunne gjelde som allmenn lov.

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...

Since its appearance the view that prostitution is a product of capitalism has gained ground enormously. And as, in addition, preachers still complain that the good old morals have decayed, and accuse modern culture of...

Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.

The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same

Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things...

You know…it always seems obvious to outsiders when someone is doing something wrong, but when your mind is in the midst of evil, it is easy to be manipulated by crueller instincts.

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

Until you are conscious of your conscience, you are morally unconscious.

What is worse? Taking the life of a person who wants to live or taking death from a person who wants to die.

Now I was nothing but a shade of grey – my moral compass ambiguous.

Ordinary human laws are the means — however imperfect — by which we express our understanding of the enduring moral law.

In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis argues that human beings cannot be truly good or moral without faith in God and without submis- sion to the will of Christ. Unfortunately, Lewis does not provide any...