#morals

Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality - which answers only to my heart - is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#fantasy #morals #belief

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#personal-growth #love

War does not decide who is right but who is left. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#war #morals

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba ↗

— Khaled Hosseini

#war #morals

The answer is that there is no good answer. So as parents, as doctors, as judges, and as a society, we fumble through and make decisions that allow us to sleep at night--because morals are more important than ethics, and love is more important than law. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#decisions #ethics #law #love #morals

God could learn a little about love and morality from us. If there’s anyone who needs redemption, it’s God. ↗

— Logan Kain

#god #morals #love

Often,our immediate reaction to a sudden crisis help us save ourselves. Our response to gradual crises that creep up upon us, on the other hand,may be so adaptive as to ultimately lead to self-destruction. ↗

— Amish Tripathi

#morals #inspirational

Dishonesty is like a boomerang. Just when you think all is well, it hits you in the back of your head. ↗

— Pavan Choudary

#morals #success-self-improvement #inspirational

The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "Rediscovering Lost Values") ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#morals #physics #universe #values #inspirational

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#greatest #greatest happiness #greatest number #happiness #legislation