1,889 Quotes About Morality

Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.

Ethics Are Negotiable; Morality Is Absolute

I was entering into a moral universe in which I would be related to every other rational being, and in which whole masses of us, as thick as swarming bees, would drag one another along towards some common end of good or evil, peace or war.

Moral concepts are useful to the extent that they provoke opposition.

One did not need to believe in the Force to know right from wrong. Many who held no faith in the Force acted righteously, and he had known more than one sentient who had acted selfishly, even cruelly, and used belief to justify doing so.

Unless there is a God, all morality is just opinion and belief. And virtually every atheist philosopher has acknowledged this.

The world is going to turn upside down in a way that the honest man will live uncomfortably -- while the dishonest man will live very comfortably. Pay attention to the windows of the Four Seasons next time you stroll by their dining room. You will find thugs and hustlers of every creed living like true kings and queens.

Practical wisdom," Aristotle told us, "is the combination of moral will and moral skill.

Artists are indeed unlikely to be good, goodness would silence them.