#morals

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#always #between #cannot #difference #far

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious? ↗

— Christopher Hampton

#famous #fervor #happiness #her #marriage

About morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#after #bad #feel #feel good #good

Good morals lead to good laws. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#laws #lead #morals

Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one. ↗

— Francis Wright

#associated #basis #beneficial #consequent #departure

[R]aging crime, class warfare, invasive immigrants, light morals, public misbehavior. Always we convince ourselves that the parade of unwelcome and despised is a new phenomenon, which is why the phrase "the good old days" has passed from cliché to self-parody. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#cliches #crime #exclusion #immigration #morals

I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them to read about good and evil, love and hate, life and death. Nor do I think they should read only about things that they understand. '…a man’s reach should exceed his grasp.' So should a child’s. For myself, I will never talk down to, or draw down to, children. (from the author's acceptance speech for the Caldecott award) ↗

— Barbara Cooney

#children #childrens-books #fables #lessons #literature

Work hard, do your best, live the truth, trust yourself, have some fun...and you'll have no regrets. ↗

— Byrd Baggett

#honesty #life-lessons #morals #team-work #values

Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them? ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

#morals #life

I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me. ↗

— Roger Spottiswoode

#engineering #ethics #genetic #genetic engineering #i