Kim Harrison Quotes

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

We get so caught up in winning all the time, but it's also even more important to be a good person, so that's what I learned.

It's a moral question.

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things.

And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction.

I think it's much more important to know the truth than it is to make money on it.

Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

One of them is knowing the difference between Morality and Wisdom. Morality is temporary, Wisdom is permanent… Ho ho. Take that one to bed with you tonight.

A life of fulfillment is one in which we put urgency in its place and remember that the ultimate target is to spend our lives doing the things we believe are most important to us.

Western civilization has not yet learned the lesson that the energy we expend in 'getting things done' is less important than the moral strength it takes to decide what is worth doing and what is right to do.

Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.

Happiness is more important than money any day.

Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?

I think in general the ends do not justify the means.

You can get away with anything as long as it works.

When your principles seem to be demanding suicide, clearly it's time to check your premises

Moral: It all depends.

Morality, too, is a question of time.

When it comes to deciding between your love and your truth, truth has to be the decisive factor.

Good and bad is tricky," she said. "I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face." (pp. 348-349)

Constantly take inventory of what's important to you.

What is right, in the end, is not always what it seems to be, and some rules are better broken.

Evil depends on where you're standing.

When we talk politics, we moralize. When we talk morality, we politicize.

You can't slice up morals.