Morally Quotes

437 Morally quotes by 352 unique authors

The truth is not always useful, not always good. It’s like putting your faith in water. Yes, we need the rain, but too much can… — Iain Banks
Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. — J D Salinger
A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous. — C.S. Lewis
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market.… — Tana French
When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative. — Harold S. Kushner
The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally… — Timothy Keller
Nature consists of facts and of regularities, and is in itself neither moral nor immoral. It is we who impose our standards upon nature, and… — Karl Popper
Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are morally superior. Not… — Marc Bekoff
On second thought she hoped she never met a woman that attractive.. If she did, she would be morally obligated to run her over with… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved. (Mitch Rapp) — Vince Flynn
People try to persuade us that the objections against Christianity spring from doubt. That is a complete misunderstanding. The objections against Christianity spring from insubordination,… — Soren Kierkegaard
This isn't about guilt or innocence, he says. The dinosaurs weren't morally good or bad, but they're all dead. — Chuck Palahniuk
I tried not to think about my life. I did not have any good solid plans for it long-term - no bad plans either, no… — Lorrie Moore
Was using “dead-man’s-toe” morally okay if the man’s relatives had knowingly sold him for parts? — Kim Harrison
Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But… — Gary L. Francione
Speciesism is morally objectionable because, like racism, sexism, and heterosexism, it links personhood with an irrelevant criterion. Those who reject speciesism are committed to rejecting… — Gary L. Francione
It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good, as it… — Edwin Way Teale
The distinction between meat and other animal products is total nonsense. Vegetarianism is a morally incoherent position. If you regard animals as members of the… — Gary L. Francione
She understood the genre constraints, the decencies were supposed to be observing. The morally cosy vision allows the embrace of monstrosity only as a reaction… — Glen Duncan
The worst thing is that we live in a contaminated moral environment. We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from… — Vaclav Havel
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so… — Philip Pullman
Parents always have their own ideas about how they wish their children to be brought up, both morally and spiritually. But they must understand that… — Graham Masterton
You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally… — John Berger
The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for every thing I… — Robert A. Heinlein

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