--- title: "9 Morality Good Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Morality Good quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Morality Good sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/albert-schweitzer-701_character_reverence-for-life-affords-me-my-fundame_319137.jpg" --- > [Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/reverence-for-life-affords-me-my-fundamental-principle-of-morality/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/albert-schweitzer-701_character_reverence-for-life-affords-me-my-fundame_319137.jpg) > [Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; but the difficulty is, it does not go far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/morality-is-good-and-is-accepted-of-god-as-far-as-it-goes-but-the/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/henry-ward-beecher-175_accepted_morality-is-good-and-is-accepted-of-god_971265.png) > [Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/every-man-should-follow-the-bent-of-his-nature-in-art-and-letters/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/anonymous-1_art_every-man-should-follow-the-bent-of-his_1675989.jpg) > [“law of nature that our scientific thinking tends toward the truth, our morality toward the good, and maybe (though he doesn’t go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-scruton/law-of-nature-that-our-scientific-thinking-tends-toward-the-truth-our/) [Roger Scruton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-scruton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/roger-scruton-971_character_law-of-nature-that-our-scientific-thinki_2474022.jpg) > [“My father hated people who preached about morality. We're all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn't count.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-follett/my-father-hated-people-who-preached-about-morality-we-re-all-good/) [Ken Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-follett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/ken-follett-941_character_my-father-hated-people-who-preached-abou_3133131.jpg) > [Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/ethics-too-are-nothing-but-reverence-for-life-this-is-what-gives-me/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/albert-schweitzer-701_character_ethics-too-are-nothing-but-reverence-for_973193.jpg) > [“If the Bible and other holy books were at all reliable sources of morality, good and bad religious people wouldn’t both be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-silverman/if-the-bible-and-other-holy-books-were-at-all-reliable-sources-of/) [David Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-silverman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/david-silverman-24528_bible_if-the-bible-and-other-holy-books-were-a_2145279.jpg) > [The relations between parents and children are certainly not only those of constraint. There is spontaneous mutual affection, which from the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-piaget/the-relations-between-parents-and-children-are-certainly-not-only/) [Jean Piaget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-piaget/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/jean-piaget-4336_affection_the-relations-between-parents-and-childr_463629.jpg) > [“I have a very simple morality: not to do good or evil to anyone. Not to do evil, because it seems only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/i-have-a-very-simple-morality-not-to-do-good-or-evil-to-anyone-not-to/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/fernando-pessoa-177_character_i-have-a-very-simple-morality-not-to-do_1859108.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/morality-good/#itemlist", "name": "Morality Good Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Schweitzer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/reverence-for-life-affords-me-my-fundamental-principle-of-morality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/albert-schweitzer-701_character_reverence-for-life-affords-me-my-fundame_319137.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/albert-schweitzer-701_character_reverence-for-life-affords-me-my-fundame_319137.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/albert-schweitzer-701_character_reverence-for-life-affords-me-my-fundame_319137.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in…” — Albert Schweitzer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Morality is good, and is accepted of God, as far as it goes; 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