Character Quote by Edmund Burke

“not because the moral law enjoins unselfishness, but because, given the society in which they live, it is the way in which their impulses…

— Bertrand Russell

“In reality it is far less prejudicial to witness the immorality of the great than to witness that immorality which leads to greatness.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Once again, claims of moral superiority are used to justify extreme actions. Once again, the fact that some people are hurt is shrugged off…

— Michael Crichton

“8. The Application of the Law of Causation to Morals. Although it may be needless to state here the law of causation at any…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“morality is moral only when it is voluntary”

— Lincoln Steffens

“Human beings, in their generous endeavour to construct a hypothesis that shall not degrade a First Cause, have always hesitated to conceive a dominant…

— Thomas Hardy

“Morality negates life.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Lawrence Durrell

“There is no such thing as moral phenomena, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Sometimes complex and difficult moral choices are decided less by reason and by right than by sentiment.”

— Dean Koontz

“It’s true that what can be done will be done. It’s inevitable, a law of nature, and neither right nor wrong has much to…

— David Ambrose

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

— Plutarch