Character Quote by African Spir

The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look…

— Georges Bataille

Morality which is based on ideas, or on an ideal, is an unmitigated evil.

— D. H. Lawrence

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get it.

— Henry David Thoreau

When, in any ethical department, unity is attained between outer demands and inner desires, between nature and conscience, between the needs of society and…

— Ellen Key

You can put whatever you want inside evil and good in morality.

— Gaspar Noe

“Morality existed only in action. It arose out of action: was formed and tested in action: expressed itself in action. That was why we…

— Anonymous

Strength and success; they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it…

— John Steinbeck

Morality comes from a commitment to treat other as we wish to be treated, which follows from the realization that none of us is…

— Steven Pinker

Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection. . . .

— Swami Vivekananda

Morality did not keep well; it required stable conditions; it was costly; it was subject to variations, and the market for it was uncertain.

— Mary McCarthy

Discipline gives standards and values to live by, a basis for morality.

— Agnes Moorehead

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the…

— Annie Besant