"Once you know the difference between right..." - Quote by Joseph Campbell
Once you know the difference between right and wrong, you have lots fewer decisions to make.
More by Joseph Campbell
“The mighty hero of extraordinary powers, able to lift Mount Govardhan on a finger, and to fill himself with the terrible glory of the universe, is each of us: not the physical self visible in the mirror, but the King within.”
“Do what gives you bliss.”
“When we talk about settling the world's problems, we're barking up the wrong tree. The world is perfect. It's a mess. It has always been a mess. We're not going to change it. Our job is to straighten out our own lives.”
More on Morality
“Woe to the man who offends a small child!”
“We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people whom we at present kill. We should have to get rid of all ideas about capital punishment.”
“Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheelsTo be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.”
More on Ethics
“Today it is considered as exaggeration to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being the serious demand of a rational ethic. But the time is coming when people will be amazed that the human race existed so long before it recognized that thoughtless injury to life is incompatible with real ethics. Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that has life.”
“If you choose the lesser of two evils, you are still choosing evil.”
“The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.”