1,889 Quotes About Morality

Gold and power and authority were too great of gods to be ignored.

Of course, bad and illegal are not necessarily synonymous.

Scepticism in moral matters is an active ally of immorality. Who is not for is against.

Moral growth corresponds with people’s ability to see the world from an ever-increasing number of perspectives and act accordingly.

...Blum remarks that Kant and Hegel specify that rationality, self-control, strength of will, consistency, adherence to duty and obligation, and acting on ‘universal’ principles comprise moral behavior; they specifically exclude from the makeup of moral man qualities like sympathy, compassion, kindness, nurturance, and concern for the community, which are associated with women.

Progress isn't achieved by preachers or guardians of morality, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and sceptics

[...] nothing is ever only good and nothing is ever only bad. Everything is somewhere in the middle.

If I attempt virtue it brings light to my life. If I indulge desires, I invite fog and confusion.

I've spent all of my life in an attempt to find truth and moral good and then to live it. I can't discard my moral habits for feelings, which are just that.(The moral virtues) They are my footholds for moral goodness. Morality is about choice.