moral examination Quotes

The proof of a man is the danger test, That shows him up at his worst or best.

We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today.

Evil is important for us to look at, in my opinion, only insofar as it makes us look at our own actions and make us wonder, 'Am I participating in some kind of human evil that I really should stop doing?'

Vladimir Nabokov liked to examine cruelty and the human condition. That didn't mean he was cruel; there's no evidence he kicked puppies just for the fun of it. Similarly, 'Black Mirror' likes to examine possible dystopias, but that doesn't mean the show is cynical enough to endorse them.

The ultimate test ... to see the good in evil and the evil in good.

Nobody's born evil. I guess that's why we're drawn to violence. We're fascinated by it, but there's a moral in how you examine it.

Fiction has always been a way of examining society and its flaws and trying to expose them.

Let each of us examine his thoughts

I think of it all as a test. This is a moral examination that one has to pass... to stand up against such social evils.

A good man will not engage even in a national cause, without examining the justice of it.

Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character," said the count; "on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.

Do not test out your mind on the grounds that you are examining what seductive and impure thoughts look like, imagining that, as you do this, you will not be overcome by them. Even the wise have in this way been thrown into confusion and become infatuated.

Fiction is a place where people can meet, where they take the time to very seriously examine and think about the experiences of other people and about the sorts of moral decisions those characters are making.

When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination.

The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.

We're all in a test. With or without God, we're in a test.

For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.

I have to say, I think that we are in some kind of final examination as to whether human beings now, with this capability to acquire information and to communicate, whether we're really qualified to take on the responsibility we're designed to be entrusted with. And this is not a matter of an examination of the types of governments, nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with economic systems. It has to do with the individual. Does the individual have the courage to really go along with the truth?