Permissible Quotes

“Everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial.”

“Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.”

“War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms. ”

“In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage, are permissible.”

“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.”

“When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.”

“Grieving the loss of a loved one—whether human or animal—is not only permissible, it is essential.”

“In New York, everything was permissible. No one cared what you wore, how you looked. Only you cared about those things. And if they didn’t worry you, then they didn’t matter.”

“... it's pointless to think in moral terms when everything is permissible. We have become the people we detest. We have lost the capacity to imagine what is forbidden We have been freed, in other words, from our own hypocrisy.”