Quotes by Morality Morality is not respectability. George Bernard Shaw morality-and-ethicsethicsmorality To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. Gilbert K. Chesterton orthodoxymoralityaction It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right. George Bernard Shaw moralitywishknows An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. George Bernard Shaw uncomfortablemoralitythinking Concern for morality makes every work of the imagination false and stupid. Gustave Flaubert moralityimaginationstupid What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor H. L. Mencken punishmentmoralitymay The morality of scholarship, as currently practiced, is to encourage everyone to replace difficult pleasures by pleasures universally accessible precisely because they are easier. Harold Bloom moralityeasierpleasure influence which is given on the side of money is usually against truth. Harriet Martineau moralitytruthsides There is only one justification for having sinned, and that is to be glad of it. H. L. Mencken moralitylibertyreligion If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power. Harry Browne moralitypoliticalgovernment The so-called new morality is too often the old immorality condoned. Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross immoralitymorality I claim to be a conscientiously immoral writer. George Bernard Shaw immoralitymoralityclaims Morality did not begin by one man saying to another, "I will not hit you if you do not hit me"; there is no trace of such a transaction. There IS a trace of both men having said, "We must not hit each other in the holy place. Gilbert K. Chesterton holy-placesmoralitymen To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment. H. L. Mencken judgmentmoralityhands Only sometimes when we pick and choose among the rules we discover later that we have set aside something precious in the process. Helen Simonson moralityprocesssometimes There are some desires that are not desirable. Gilbert K. Chesterton desirablemoralitydesire Modern broad-mindedness benefits the rich; and benefits nobody else. Gilbert K. Chesterton richmoralitybenefits [M]orality is not a ritualistic obedience to a code of behavior imposed by an external authority. It is rather a healthy habit pattern that you have consciously and voluntarily chosen to impose upon yourself because you recognize its superiority to your present behavior. Henepola Gunaratana healthy-habitspatternsmorality Morality is a private and costly luxury. Henry Adams luxuryethicsmorality In morality, man treats himself not as individuum but as dividuum. Friedrich Nietzsche moralityindividualitymen«89101112131415161718»
