The effects of human wickedness are written on the page of history in characters of blood: but the impression soon fades away;… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
“Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it.… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Moral deliberation has to be somewhere in the brain, after all. It’s not going to be in the foot or the stomach,… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. Either morality is… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
We are not known by our bank balances or who our parents are. It is ultimately we who have to prove ourselves.… — Anita Ratnam Copy Share Image
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
When it's a moral grey zone, the audience has to think about what they feel and what they think is right or… — Joel Kinnaman Copy Share Image
Tom’s aunt Georgie spoke to me first, and Tom found me through her. At the time, I didn’t actually think Tom was… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I am in exact accord with the belief of Thomas Edison that spirit is immortal, that there is a continuing center of… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
It's the opposite on a sitcom. People crave the character to not learn from their mistakes. They want to just see the… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper,… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Kantian ethical theory distinguishes three levels: First, that of a fundamental principle (the categorical imperative, formulated in three main ways in Kant's… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
“But sympathy in novels need not be simply a matter of the reader’s direct identification with a fictional character. It can also… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Well, one of the problems of working on a story with a character that sacred in the religions of the world or… — Rod Steiger Copy Share Image
“The difference between good and evil is a matter of profundity. Which is nearer you, self-love and its immorality or love and… — Austin Osman, Spare Copy Share Image
“In the capitalist countries a multitude of moral teachers, coun selors and "bewilderers" separate the exploited from those in power” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to play around with genre-esque imagery, and the identity theft stuff came in the middle, when I was… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
It's rewarding for me to have people know me as two very different characters. I think when you see people as one… — Matt McGorry Copy Share Image
“Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanours, and faith quickly becomes cruel if it is not subdued by… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“ “Virtue is its own reward.But then, the same could be said for sin.” —The Dowager Marchioness of Wallingham to the Countess… — Elisa Braden Copy Share Image
It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster,… — William James Copy Share Image
I'm not there to be the token sexy girl. I don't know that I would ever be able to pull that off.… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
TV has no choice, but to rely on character, and everybody knows that. I love working in it. It's such a big… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
It's about Loki's journey, and he's a character that wants the throne in episode one whereas by the finale, he doesn't want… — Kate Herron Copy Share Image
My worst character flaw that I'm conscious of is that I tend to think my way into circles instead of resolving anything.… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
Strength of character lies in performing the drama of life with courage and confidence, practicing self-reflection and self-control under any circumstances. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating… — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
In 'Stree,' I play a character who believes that he knows everything. And I play a cop in 'Drive.' It is a… — Pankaj Tripathi Copy Share Image
The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It's funny: it takes a while to really get your character. It's impossible to do it on the first day. That's the… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in compassion - compassion for oneself and others. I write about very complicated characters and experiences and try to… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Come seeking to know Him, and I promise you will find Him and see Him in His true character as the risen,… — Alexander B. Morrison Copy Share Image
I am attracted to these outsider characters who just don't belong anywhere, and who are operating in worlds they sort of don't… — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
The true ethical test is not only the readiness to save the victims, but also - even more, perhaps - the ruthless… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“Oh, I have always been proud, I always wanted all or nothing! You see it was just because I am not one… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
We need to elect leaders who have a strong moral compass. Leaders who are honest, straightforward, and tough - with a love… — Ed O'Neill Copy Share Image
“Virtue is not vouchsafed to a soul unless that soul has been trained and taught, and by unremitting practice brought to perfection.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
