Character Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

Customs represent the experience of mankind.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Some morals tended to keep people slaves in factories, in churches and true to the State. Other morals simply made good sense. It was…

— Charles Bukowski

“I suppose all societies adapt their morals to their needs.”

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

“Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters: and his circumstances or his character may be uncustomary.”

— John Stuart Mill

“Ethics define what people ought to do; morals describe what people actually do. The difference between them is between the normal and the descriptive.”

— R.C. Sproul

“The morals of societies are defined by how they treat a strange woman.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Rather than offering a strict moral code to live by, popular culture today provides more of a moral posture.”

— Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

“Perhaps you confuse virtue and convention, gentlemen. Conventionality is not morality, and self-righteousness is not religion.”

— Juliet Gael

“What if we saw differences in cultures, in moral choices, and in belief as reasons to engage people instead of excuses to disengage and…

— Holly Sprink

“Customs are formed, and the descendants of men are trapped therein. The generations pass without a chance to weed out the foolish from the…

— Noriko Ogiwara

“So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you…

— Ernest Hemingway

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

— Aaron Hill