I regard morality and ideology as the chief cause of human misery.
That it does not matter what a man believes is a statement heard on every side today. ... What he believes tells him what the world is for. How can men who disagree about what the world is for agree about any of the minutiae of daily conduct? The statement really means that it does not matter what a man believes so long as he does not take his beliefs seriously.
People should be judged by the principles they espouse and the principles they betray.
Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.
Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival".
Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.
Whatever my faults, I have some principles.
Morality is always the product of terror; its chains and strait-waistcoats are fashioned by those who dare not trust others, because they dare not trust themselves, to walk in liberty.
The reason why principles are so important is because principles make life predictable.
My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.
moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.
Morals: They're nothing but a coded survival instinct!
It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.
Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life.
I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.
There's some things that no amount of money can get me to do.
Discipline is an index to doctrine.
I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles.
