1,889 Quotes About Morality

Values aren't buses," she said shortly. "They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are. And I'd rather be touchy-feely than morally bankrupt.

We have laws in our country that tell us not to murder or steal and we have police that enforce them. The question is whether you personally need the police to watch you. If they disappeared would you begin killing and thieving because you know no one will come after you, or will you carry on not doing it because it is what you actually believe is right?

...atheism leaves no room for excuses...

...the standard for moral behaviour must be part of God's nature. He did not create morality, he is morality.

If a bully mocks you, just think about your positive values compared to the bully and ignore his or her harsh comments.

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

Men can be in love with literary figures, with poetic and mythological figures, but let them meet with Artemis, with Venus, with any of the goddesses of love, and then they start hurling moral judgments.

Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility.

It is said that man is wolf to man. I find this very unfair to wolves.