# The Better Angels of Our Nature

- Author: [Steven Pinker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker/the-better-angels-of-our-nature

## Quotes

> On the contrary, violence is often caused by a surfeit of morality and justice, at least as they are conceived in the minds of the perpetrators.

p. 139

> The world has far too much morality.

p. 474