Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

There is no connection between morality and disaster, Are we going to think that they deserved that? That would be atrocious.

Mange Christnes uordentlige Levnet haver maaskee bragt dem til at have saadanne Tanker om sig selv, hvoraf man seer, at det er fornødent, at de Colonier, som sendes til saadanne Steder, bestaae af skikkelige og vel moraliserede Folk, der ved uordentlig Levnet ikke forarge Hedninger. Derfore sagde og een iblant dem: Jeg vil ikke antage eders Lærdom; thi ieg kand derover blive lige saa ond som I andre ere.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

We can't have moral obligations to every single person in this world. We have moral obligations to those who we come up against, who enter into our moral space, so to speak. That means neighbors, people we deal with, and so on.