Character Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws…

— William Sloane Coffin

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the…

— Annie Besant

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation...

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

“Morality is flexible and utilitarian.”

— Jo Nesbø

“The co-called moral compass is a part of the human cognition, and when that compass comes into action through human behavior, it turns an…

— Abhijit Naskar

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

— Aristotle

Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.

— Allen W. Wood

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

— Don Herold

“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

“the existence of the moral sense is a signal that there is an ought, something other than, and transcendent over, what is. We will…

— James W Sire

Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves

— Anonymous