9 Graham Greene Quotes on Morality

Graham Greene quotes on morality

3. In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.

9. Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

13. The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

28. A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man.... It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.

43. 'God save us always,' I said, 'from the innocent and the good.'

47. He'll always be innocent, you can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.

48. Sooner or later...one has to take sides - if one is to remain human.

64. He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.

72. We mustn't complain too much of being comedians - it's an honorable profession. If only we could be good ones the world might gain at least a sense of style. We have failed - that's all. We are bad comedians, we aren't bad men.