Morally Quotes

437 Morally quotes by 352 unique authors

What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by… — J D Salinger
Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these assumptions are of… — Karl Popper
How can one be well...when one suffers morally? — Leo Tolstoy
Hug and kiss whoever helped get you - financially, mentally, morally, emotionally - to this day. Parents, mentors, friends, teachers. If you're too uptight to… — Stephen King
Moreover, if great men are the only hope of the Evolutionary Process, they are morally bound to rule over the masses for their own good… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The way his plump hand clutched at her hip seemed somehow improper; not morally, aesthetically. — Truman Capote
People derived too much pleasure from seeing their fellow man morally humiliated to spoil that pleasure by hearing out an explanation. — Milan Kundera
In our postmodern culture which is TV dominated, image sensitive, and morally vacuous, personality is everything and character is increasingly irrelevant. — David F. Wells
Shall I tell you why young men love war? . . . In peace, there are a hundred questions with a thousand answers! In war,… — Mary Doria Russell
I have no religion,’ says Borneau, ‘but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.’ Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God… — Jules Renard
Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us… — Mortimer Adler
As far as history goes I am dead. If there is something beyond I shall have to bounce back. I have found God, but he… — Henry Miller
If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do… — Peter Singer
Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder… — Andrew Sullivan
But the forces of evil have not abdicated. The malevolent ghosts of hatred are resurgent with a fury and a boldness that are as astounding… — Elie Wiesel
Those who rise first are morally superior. It's a universal law. — O.R. Melling
...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Don't you miss the days when America was just MORALLY bankrupt? — Bill Maher
The only way to show a true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God’s existence. — Karen Armstrong
Alcohol ruined me financially and morally, broke my heart and the hearts of too many others. Even though it did this to me and it… — Craig Ferguson
As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in the meaningless sea… — David Platt
That was enterprising," Will sounded nearly impressed. Nate smiled. Tess shot him a furious look. "Don't look pleased with yourself. When Will says 'enterprising' he… — Cassandra Clare
Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like… — David Foster Wallace
I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in Heaven--serried ranks of… — Terry Pratchett

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