1,889 Quotes About Morality

The objections to religion are of two sorts -- intellectual and moral. The intellectual objection is that there is no reason to suppose any religion true; the moral objection is that religious precepts date from a time when men were more cruel than they are and therefore tend to perpetuate inhumanities which the moral conscience of the age would otherwise outgrow.

So while we need to provide people with technical skills that will help them find employment, we can't afford to neglect the even more basic skills -- reading, writing, thinking, feeling -- that allow them to become fully realized human beings who care about the world they live in and the people who share it with them.

Often morality defines our inner philosophy.

A rich man who robs from the poor is really a pauper in the land of morality.

Morality is good when we use it to live our lives but not to hurt anyone.

God, who in the beginning was the creator, appears in the end as revenger and rewarder. Deference to such a God admittedly can produce virtuous actions; however, because fear of punishment or hope for reward are their motive, these actions will not be purely moral; on the contrary, the inner essence of such virtue will amount to prudent and carefully calculating egoism.

The course of morality is subtle and even the most illustrious, wise people in this world fail to always understand it.

If every one of you was to clean before his own front door, all would be clean of cow flops.

It's a sin only if it harms you