1,889 Quotes About Morality

What good does it do to tell somebody to live morally so they can die 50 years later and apparently go to Hell?

From the beginning, from the age of Adam to the time of kingship: from the powerful, pardon: from the poor, sins.

Mankind in the aggregate I have found to be brutish, ignorant and unkind, whether those qualities were covered by the coarse tunic of the peasant of the white and purple toga of a senator. And yet in the weakest of men, in moments when they are alone and themselves, I have found veins of strength like gold in decaying rock; in the cruelest of men, flashes of tenderness and compassion; and in the vainest of men, moments of simplicity and grace.

Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

The values most important to us are always the most easily exploitable.

What you withhold in this life will be withheld from you in the next.

Where there is desire, the means to fulfill it are endless.

Science tries to record and explain the factual character of the natural world, whereas religion struggles with spiritual and ethical questions about the meaning and proper conduct of our lives. The facts of nature simply cannot dictate correct moral behavior or spiritual meaning.

for that men have been good does not suffice for them to continue being good, unless one cares about it to the end.