New Delhi, May 24 -- "Life used to be black-and-white-yes or no, truth or lies, it was crystal clear. Now perhaps it's grey, it's maybe... Hope not for god's sake. Long live morals, principles, and ethics." - Salman Khan

At its core, LiveMint's quote of the day by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is a lament for the loss of absolute certainty and moral clarity in the modern world.

Salman Khan is contrasting a nostalgic past-where choices were binary, promises were binding, and truth was obvious-with a contemporary landscape where lines are blurred, motives are compromised, and everything exists in an ambiguous "grey area".

By ending with "Long live morals, principles, and ethics," he is issuing a plea to hold onto core values even when ...