Quotes about Morality

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

It can truly be said: Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.

The conviction is well founded, which the sight of noble conduct calls forth, that the spirit of love... can never pass away and become nothing.

Behind the cross stands the devil.

The power of religious dogma, when inculcated early, is such as to stifle conscience, compassion, and finally every feeling of humanity.

Conscience accompanies every act with the comment: You should act differently, although its true sense is: You could be other than you are.

The actual facts of morality are too much on my side for me to fear that my theory can ever be replaced or upset by any other.

In its death throes, we see religion clinging to morality, whose mother it would like to pretend to be. In vain! — genuine morality is dependent on no religion, although religion sanctions and thereby sustains it.

For boundless compassion for all living beings is the firmest and most certain guarantee of moral good conduct and requires no casuistry. Whoever is filled with it will certainly injure no one, infringe on no one, do no one harm, rather, forbear everyone, forgive everyone, help everyone as much as he can, and all his actions will carry the imprint of justice and loving kindness.

these people would indeed only be concerned for themselves, for their egoism, just like the bandit, from whom they are distinguished only by the absurdity of their means.

What we do to the animals is perhaps their hell

In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.