Character Quote by Lawrence Kohlberg

It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.

— Lafcadio Hearn

Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some…

— Catherine Wilson

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind.

— Paul Bert

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals it is the modern strengthening of minor morals.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Morality in its noblest forms remains inexplicable unless one takes into account that power of growth in the human soul which has led generation…

— Ellen Key

The so-called new morality is too often the old immorality condoned.

— Anonymous

I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much…

— Larry Hagman

Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection. . . .

— Swami Vivekananda

“People have always wanted to 'improve' human beings; for the most part, this has been called morality.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Our conceptions of morality, as all our other ideas, pass through a course of development; the difficulty comes in adjusting our conduct, which has…

— Jane Addams

Modern morality is all about perception.

— Rachel Cusk

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues.

— Huston Smith