#moral

we raise them for us; that means we owe them some respect. nature is creul but we dont have to be. i wouldnt want to have my guts ripped out by a lion. i'd much rather die in a slaughter house if it were done right. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#nature

Morala constituie pentru arta o primejdie pe care multi o subestimeaza, arta se apropie mai mult de natura, prin cruzimea ei infantila, decat morala, care e creatia spiritului uman matur, impins de nevoia de a pune ordine in viata afectiva si de a tine in frau instinctele. Uneori, ea devine necrutatoare,tinzand la suprimarea totala a instinctelor, ca si cand fara ele fiinta umana ar putea supravietui. ↗

— Marin Preda

#arta #marin-preda #morala #morals #art

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#morality #evil

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#hell #morality #neutrality #hell

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad. ↗

— Stephen King

#morality #morals

Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking? ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#happyness #morality #morals

Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#brooding #guilt #morality #remorse #repentance

Does truth have a moral? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#truth #morals

Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#right-and-wrong #morals

Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#politicians #morals