Quotes about Morality

My principles enable me to form my judgment upon men and actions in history, just as they do in common life, and are not formed out of events and characters, either present or past. History is a preceptor of prudence, not of principles. The principles of true politics are those of morality enlarged; and I neither now do, nor ever will, admit of any other.

Evil prevails if good people say nothing. -

It only needs a good man to do nothing for evil to triumph.

Sin is not rational.

Sin is ultimately against God. It is any failure to conform to the law of God in either action or attitude

Why do you think Adam and Eve were concerned about uncovered genitals, but not bare arms, legs, noses, or ears?

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

There are always reasons for murdering a man. But there is no justification for his existence.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.