Character Quote by Jamaica Kincaid

“we know that men find themselves under a moral law, which they did not make, and cannot quite forget even when they try, and…

— C.S. Lewis

“You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society. That is why we must go on…

— C.S. Lewis

“And so this became his pattern: he knew the law. He had a feeling for it. But then, just when I wanted him to…

— Hanya Yanagihara

“The method of adjusting moral principles to the way men live is just such a perversion of the due order of things.”

— Fulton J. Sheen

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To discover the true principles of morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods. They need but common sense. They…

— Jean Meslier

When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what

— Anonymous

“Do you know what morals are, Violet? They’re other people’s rules. Do you know what a conscience is? Freedom to use your own intelligence…

— Amy Tan

“Men are moral beings in their untrammelled nature. If constraint and coercion can once be removed they will be happy and if they are…

— Barry Unsworth

“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”

— Isaac Asimov

“Men little think how immorally they act in rashly meddling with what they do not understand. Their delusive good intention is no sort of…

— Yuval Levin

“I also know that a man, by the way he lives his life, can quickly invalidate whatever arguments or advice he presents to others…

— John Bunyan