I am firmly convinced that we must never judge political movements by their aims, no matter how loudly proclaimed or how sincerely upheld, but only by the means they use to realize these aims.

If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?

The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation

Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die.

I knew they would kill me when they found out, but…" He struggled for words, releasing a sharp breath. "I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I...

The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance; We find delight in the most loathsome things

Love is a noble cause. How can anything done in the service of a noble cause be wrong?

A man with conscience... the most dangerous thing in the world. Nasuada

It is a better world. A place where we are responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and because it is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into...

Now, I will be the first to admit that human life was not worth much to my generation in the Iron Age, but Flidais and her kind are forever rooted in Bronze Age morality, which goes something like...

Henry did not lack for physical courage; his was a moral cowardice.

Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.

So you intend to spend the remainder of your life whoring, drinking, wagering, and being as outrageous as you can manage? Bram shook himself. He made it a point to be serious as little as possible,...

Act so that every action of yours should be capable of becoming a universal rule of action for all men.

It is pleasure that lurks in the practice of every one of your virtues. Man performs actions because they are good for him, and when they are good for other people as well they are thought virtuous:...

What does it mean to be good?

Between the covers, a book can be a sin.

Only by an act of treachery to those who believe in us can either of us escape.

It's one thing to be a good guy because that's who you are. It's something else to be a good guy because you're too much of a fucking pussy to break the rules.

If you honestly feel you have done something so terrible that you cannot be forgiven, then I am willing to share your sins with you. When we die, if we should have to stand before God and be judged,...

Jill, of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to do, every time.

Yes, I am aware of the enticements required to obtain them. I believe the Russians could teach the West a thing or two about capitalistic extortion.

Right Response to Reality - the Three R's - is the fundamental principle of morality, of sanctity, and of sanity.

We have to take our neighbours seriously, as people with an equal claim to protection, for whom we might be required, in moments of crisis, to face mortal danger. We do this because we believe...

Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, is the basis of his sublimity when it does not.

It's not fair to show someone the sun and then to banish him from it. Even the devil may cry when he looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone.

I commit her to memory. When I'm alone, I feel a strange yearning, the hunger of a man fasting not because he believes but because he's ashamed. Not the cleansing hunger of the devout, but the...

They say, Disgrace is not to fall but to lie. They

Suppose we save this woman. Save the woman, Mr. Fogg! I have yet twelve hours to spare; I can devote them to that. Why, you are a man of heart! Sometimes, replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; when I have...

The wicked go through life thinking only of getting, but God's people go through life thinking of giving, of sharing with others, and of showing mercy. God has blessed us. We have inherited everything...