Alain Badiou Quotes

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

There is good and there is bad in every human heart, and it is the struggle of life to conquer the bad with the good.

He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

I really wanted to be nasty and mean and bad. It's so much easier than being the good girl.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.

Men of most renowned virtue have by transgressing most truly kept the law.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

While I value the good opinion of my fellow citizens as highly as anyone, I may be permitted to say that I am governed by higher considerations than either the favor or the fear of man. I am impelled to the course I have taken because I fear God.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.

It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world is a fundamentally evil place, it seems like. So in order to be a good person, you have to fight temptation and vice.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting.