Morality Quotes

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Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality… — George Washington
To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every… — Simone Weil
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. — H.G. Wells
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often. — Mae West
Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches. — George Whitefield
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. — Oscar Wilde
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. — Oprah Winfrey
Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have. — Andrew Young
What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality? — Philip Zimbardo
Indeed, without emotion it seems unlikely we can even have morality. — Julian Baggini
It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient. — Julian Baggini
Human morality is unthinkable without empathy. — Frans de Waal
Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it. — Frans de Waal
The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice. — Frans de Waal
We delude ourselves into believing that morality comes from somewhere else, whereas in reality we behave as we've been told to behave. — Greg Graffin
I began graduate school in the late 1980s, and my goal was to understand how morality varied across cultures and nations. I did some research… — Jonathan Haidt
If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring civilised morality to savage morality. — C.S. Lewis
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other. — Mark Twain
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things… — Oscar Wilde

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