Gustave Flaubert Quotes

There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm in terms of happiness and suffering- that our thoughts and our actions do to ourselves and others.

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.

A thing is only right or wrong because you say it is. A thing is not right or wrong intrinsically.

Each man must grant himself … the morality that suits him.

Whatsoever is the object of any man's Appetite or Desire; that is it which he for his part calleth Good: and the object of his Hate and Aversion, evil.

One's sanctions for truth and goodness are established largely by individual preferences.

Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.

Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

'Right' and 'wrong' aren't words a linguist uses.

I think morality is so individual and personal, and people draw their own lines of what that means for them.

This demand follows from an insight that I was the first to articulate: that there are no moral facts.

I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion. Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid than my own? I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I'm the one with the armies.

There's nothing "wrong" with anything. "Wrong" is a relative term, indicating the opposite of that which you call "right." Yet, what is "right"? Can you be truly objective in these matters? Or are "right" and "wrong" simply descriptions overlaid on events and circumstances by you, out of your decision about them?

There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain't nice, but that's as far as any man got a right to say.

I never listen to what people tell me and I can't read. The only way I know what is right and wrong is the way I feel about things. If I feel bad, it's wrong. If I feel good, it's right.

I judge people by their own principles..not by my own

I think, like most people, my moral values tend to be pretty fuzzy.

Sin is a matter of opinion. Sins are only sins if you are hurting other people.

I don't think there is a right or wrong anymore. Only horrible and not-quite-so-horrible.

One man's pornography is another man's theology.

If there is no absolute by which to judge society, society is absolute.

You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you're willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.

You think that you can judge what's good or evil from whether you enjoy doing it or not. You think that evil is what always appears in the form of a temptation, while good is what you never spontaneously want to do. I think this is all total rubbish, if you don't mind my saying so.