Moral Quotes

Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.

In the ordinary moral universe, the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you’ll need religion.

Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.

After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.

The artist should preach nothing-not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony with every other kind of truth- moral, metaphysical, mystical.

Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.

I know how irritating it is to have somebody else lay down rules for your moral uplift, but you’ve got to stand a great deal in order to make progress.

Meaning and morality of one’s life come from within oneself.

Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.