Joseph Campbell Quotes

There comes a moment in every life when a choice must be made between right and wrong, between good and evil, between light and darkness. These decisions are made in an instant, but with repercussions that last a lifetime.

In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral criteria for how to make those choices.

Choices of right or wrong are not presented to you in black and white. If they were, I'm sure most people would choose white.

The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

In Survivor and Finder's Fee, it is about what you would do if you could get away with it. Survivor is about your own integrity and where you draw your own ethical and moral lines. There are no rules.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is right or those who make decisions that shock.

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

The idea of 'breaking bad' and what that means in terms of the actions and decisions people make, and why they make them - it makes people question themselves in the 'What would I do?' kind of way.

I know the difference between right and wrong, and I can tell good from bad. But I also know that the more difficult decisions come when we have to choose between good and better. The toughest calls of all are those we have to make between bad and worse.

The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.

Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.

The balance between good and evil, and the choices we make between them, are probably the single most important aspects shaping our personalities and humanity.

I'm not saying you did the wrong thing. I'm not even saying it wasn't something I'd thought of doing, myself. But even if it was the just thing to do, or the fitting thing, it still wasn't the right thing.

Good or evil-you cannot build your life apart from this distinction.

Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be evil. And the evil sometimes is the best!

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

I don't think any of us know how we would react until we were put in a situation where we have to do something bad or do something good. I think I'd like to believe I'd act like a decent human being, but I'm realistic to know I don't know.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

It's easy to get into the grey zone [of ethics].

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong.

If this isn’t good versus evil, what is?