Scott Adams
Cartoonist
"There's a gigantic gray area between good moral behavior and outright felonious activities. I call that the Weasel Zone and it's where most of life happens."
Moral Behavior quotes
Moral Behavior
12 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Aldous Huxley
Novelist, Essayist
"The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved."
Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Author
"Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards."
Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Author
"Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative."
Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction Author
"Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival"."
Explore further
Topics related to Moral Behavior
Browse quotes that often appear alongside moral behavior — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Moral Behavior quotes
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"You can't make rules regarding the moral behavior of something unless you know what the hell it is, and what it's capacities are. What it can do, what it can't do."
Read quote
4 likes
"Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level."
Read quote
3 likes