Morality Quotes

“I'm always interested in the moral ambiguity of a character.”

“Neutrality is a fiction in an un-neutral world.”

“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”

“Conscience, what art thou? Thou tremendous power! Who dost inhabit us without our leave.”

“Evil is not a journey. It is a destination.”

“There's nothing you can do to prevent the catharsis of spurious morality.”

“What I did was illegal, it was immoral, and it was unethical. And I'm very sorry for that.”

“Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”

“Sin is not the desire for what is evil, but the consent to it.”

“I thought I was a moral person. But I was not.”

“The university has become a place of moral virtue, but one that is squishy and can’t be defined.”

“The freedom of the will is a postulate, a moral postulate.”

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.”

“God considers not the action, but the spirit of the action.”

“No one can be a good citizen who is not a good man.”

“Torture is coercive, not persuasive.”

“We have a moral responsibility to protect animals. They can't speak for themselves.”

“I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.”

“A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society.”

“Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.”