Aldous-huxley Quote by Aldous Huxley

The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.

— Aldous Huxley

“Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but... groups tend to be more immoral than individuals.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

Moral qualities are so constituted as to be destroyed by excess and by deficiency . . .

— Aristotle

“Morality is an evolutionary adaption for any sentient species. Our survival is promoted by working together, and any group requires a moral code to…

— Jasper T. Scott

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system…

— William Golding

It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive, in inquiries…

— Adolphe Quetelet

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people

— Don Herold

Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“And morality is nothing if it is merely a form of good behavior.”

— Lawrence Durrell

“Humans do not simply, innocently, and honestly disagree with each other about the good, the just, the right, the principles and applications of moral…

— Gregory B. Sadler

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.

— Thomas Sowell