Ravi Zacharias Quotes

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.

D'you know how embarrassing it is to mention good and evil in a scientific laboratory? Have you any idea? One of the reasons I became a scientist was not to have to think about that kind of thing.

Good and evil - I don't believe that there is hanging out there, anywhere, something called good and something called evil.

I'm very interested in good and evil and the moral natures of people.

It's the dualistic ways of looking at things that produces the evil.

It's a moral question.

Evil is the starry sky of the Good.

Tolerance obviously does not disturb the distinction between right and wrong, or good and evil.

I shook my head. “I don’t think so. This isn’t a good idea. This isn’t right.” “There’s all kinds of right,” he murmured. “On the spectrum, we’re still in the safe zone.” ... “Definitely right. Usually right,” Patch continued. “Mostly right. Maybe right.

Evil is a point of view.

If it is solely an evolutionary convenience, there is really no such thing as good or evil.

I don't believe in the elimination of evil. But I believe in fightin' against evil.

I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do to do good?

It is good insofar as it is not evil.

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.

Today we say all art is political. But I'd say all art has to do with ethics. Which after all really comes to the same thing. It's a matter of attitudes.

There is no such thing as evil. Only relative degrees of good.

But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

I think evil is very relative.

One of the great problems of philosophy is the relationship between the realm of knowledge and the realm of values. Knowledge is what is; values are what ought to be.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

History does have a moral.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

The ends do not justify the means. The means are the ends.

To me, evil comes when you have a choice between that and good, and you choose the wrong way.