David Nicholls

"If you have to keep something secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place!"

- "One Day" by David Nicholls

Thomas Jefferson

"I have never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man."

- Thomas Jefferson, former president of the USA

Friedrich Nietzsche

"In truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross."

- Friedrich Nietzsche, scholar, philosopher and developmental critic

Henry David Thoreau

"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."

- Henry David Thoreau, author, poet, developmental critic

H. G. Wells

"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."

- H. G. Wells, "The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman", author, historian, teacher, journalist

Dante

"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality"

- Dante, poet