Morality Quotes

"Of two evils, choose neither." "War does not determine who is right - only who is left." "In a closed society where everybody's guilty the only crime is getting caught In a world of thieves the only final sin is stupidity" "If you cheat in the dark of the morning, you'll get found in the bright lights of the night" "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made" "Effective action is always unjust" "To speak the truth is an easy matter, and to speak lies is easy too." "Never think that war no matter how necessary nor how justified is not a crime" "Religion is like a knife: you can use it to cut bread, or you can use it to stab somebody in the back." "It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world" "Man will become better when you show him what he is like." "The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts" "It is not power that corrupts but fear" "Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last." "The love of money is not the root of all evil. The lack of money is the root of all evil." "The last temptation is the greatest treason to do the right deed for the wrong reason" "Each of us has a vision of good and of evil We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight the evil as he conceives them That would be enough to make the world a better place" "All cruelty springs from weakness " "It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than try to be a little kinder" "People are good or bad because of their environments"