morality Quotes

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.

Law, without force, is impotent.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?