moral

moral

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike. An Ideal Husband
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. Inferno
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. Death in the Afternoon
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. Illusions
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.
Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean. Brave New World
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad. The Stand
War does not decide who is right but who is left.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He as been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.
In America sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it is a fact.
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere... Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward. A Clash of Kings
Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.