1,889 Quotes About Morality

Asking children to grow virtues hydroponically, looking only within themselves for guidance, is like asking each one to invent a personal language―a pointless and isolating task if there is no community with whom to speak.

I come only to ask a simple question. Is Muad'Dib's death to be followed by the moral suicide of all men? Is that the inevitable aftermath of a Messiah?

The morality of a society is often dangerous and very unethical.

Moral indignation is too precious an export to be wasted at home

When we see something different, we judge them either bad or good. But when see something similar we take it as a norm. So does it justify that morality is the epitome good or bad, or vice versa.

Mange Christnes uordentlige Levnet haver maaskee bragt dem til at have saadanne Tanker om sig selv, hvoraf man seer, at det er fornødent, at de Colonier, som sendes til saadanne Steder, bestaae af skikkelige og vel moraliserede Folk, der ved uordentlig Levnet ikke forarge Hedninger. Derfore sagde og een iblant dem: Jeg vil ikke antage eders Lærdom; thi ieg kand derover blive lige saa ond som I andre ere.

A moral foreign policy means your positions on certain matters are clear no matter what, and that you won't forget about them when it's convenient.

If you feel rejected by others, do not deprive yourself. There will always be someone who will accept of who you are and your hopes would be fulfilled if you are persistent with yourself.

En gammel Poët haver sagt: Nulla fides pietasqve viris, qvi castra seqvuntur: Man finder hverken Redelighed eller Gudsfrygt i Krigs-Standen. Men, saasom det er Poëter tilladt at lyve saa meget som dem lyster, saa reflecterer ingen meget her paa.