613 Quotes About Morals

a wound can be healed but its scar always remains

The shortest road man walks, is sadly the road of gratitude!

I value ethical standards, of course. But in a culture like ours – which devalues or dismisses the reality and power of the inner life – ethics too often becomes an external code of conduct, an objective set of rules we are told to follow, a moral exoskeleton we put on hoping to prop ourselves up. The problem with exoskeletons is simple: we can slip them off as easily as we can don them.

. . . language has been one of the first tools deployed in efforts to oppress others. Words are how we process the world, how we form our societies, how we codify our morals . . . All oppression in race, class, gender, ability, religion -- it all began with words.

Belief’s always right.. It’s all right and it’s also unmistakable. Every man has somewhere about him some belief for which he’d die. Only isn’t it improbable that your parents and guardians told it to you? If there is one won’t it be part of your own flesh and spirit?

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well.

Do not pay any attention to that gentleman. His morals are detestable, and he seeks only to lead you from the narrow path of virtue.

If the story-tellers could ha' got decency and good morals from true stories, who'd have troubled to invent parables?

Movie and television stars lay down the law offashions, manners, speech, and even moral behavior. It has been proven that a movie or a television program can brainwash.