1,889 Quotes About Morality

...temptation, that in itself it is nothing but an opportunity for choice; so it is rather defeatist to feel very guilty about it, as though one were half ready to commit the sin.

A man’s character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate.

A society that has no wrongs will soon have no rights.

A slave-owner who through cunning and violence shackles a slave in chains, and a slave who through cunning or violence breaks the chains – let not the contemptible eunuchs tell us that they are equals before a court of morality!

Morals; the pathetic answer to authoritySeen two gorillas sharing a banana?

To live with integrity, it is important to know what's right and what's wrong, to be educated morally. However, merely KNOWING is not enough. Virtuous character matters more than moral knowledge. The reason is simple: like the self-confessing apostle Paul in Romans 7, most of those who do wrong know what's right but find themselves irresistibly attracted to its opposite. Faith idles when character shrivels

Forbidden fruit a flavor hasThat lawful orchards mocks ;How luscious lies the pea withinThe pod that Duty locks !

Rights can be considered wrongs depending on who is judging.

His mentality was dressed up as a moral code, but when naked, was simply a preference.