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    The aim of morality is to give people a standard of action and a motive to work by which, they will not intensify each person's selfishness, but raise them up above it.

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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

by Karl Kraus Found in: Morals Quotes,
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If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.

by Robert Louis Stevenson Found in: Morals Quotes,
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The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose.

The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose.

by Rick Shuman Found in: Morals Quotes,
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Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the read more

Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the entourage of morality.

by Sila-prabhrita Found in: Morals Quotes,
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For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also read more

For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.

by William James Found in: Morals Quotes,
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The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.

The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.

by Lord Shawcross Found in: Morals Quotes,
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Morality is the theory that every h uman act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of read more

Morality is the theory that every h uman act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Morals Quotes,
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Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.

Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.

by C A Bartol Found in: Morals Quotes,
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Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.

Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Morals Quotes,
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