I'm against government giving money to artists, but I'm not against artists taking money. Just like I don't have a moral problem… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing;… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Freemasonry is 'veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols' because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may… — Carl H. Claudy Copy Share Image
Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires,… — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
The image is not a medium for which we have to find the proper use. It is what it is and it… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
There is nothing - not any religious or secular body of work - that comes close to the Bible in forming the… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection. It affirms that the spiritual development of the human race cannot be… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
For the last month I have been a strict vegetarian. The moral effects of this regime are immense, owing to the voluntary… — Gustav Mahler Copy Share Image
To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“There are no shortcuts to moral insight. Nature is not intrinsically anything that can offer comfort or solace in human terms --… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
It seems to me that your doctor [Tronchin] is more of a philosopher than a physician. As for me, I much prefer… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Above all, do not give up your moral and political autonomy by accepting in somebody else's terms the illiberal practicality of the… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
Since lawyers are thinkers and not feelers, and their moral development is locked into the rigidity of maintaining law and order, they… — Thane Rosenbaum Copy Share Image
Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
The virtual suppression of ethical discussion after 1845 produces the semblance of purely descriptive analysis, dressed in the mantle of positivist objectivity,… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
Learning by faith and from experience are two of the central features of the Father's plan of happiness. The Savior preserved moral… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
I cannot favour laws such as that of Idaho, which allows sterilization of 'mental defectives, epileptics, habitual criminals, moral degenerates, and sex… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Darkness invades the dreams of the glassblower. Of all the unpleasantries his dreams grab in out of the night air, an extinguished… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Happiness is not synonymous with pleasure. It is, instead, a deeper emotion that originates from within. . . . Happiness results from… — David Shi Copy Share Image
Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a… — Joe Eszterhas Copy Share Image
When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Moral values includes the immorality of 45 million uninsured or the immorality of working people who are having trouble raising a family… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
A parent of moral standing will never use their child to hurt others because they understand that at some point it will… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Americans ought to be the best-traveled, most cosmopolitan people on earth, not only because experience of the world is desirable in its… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reality television shows, most of which encourage a dark voyeurism into other… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Once, during the drinking phase, Wendy had accused him of desiring his own destruction but not possessing the necessary moral fiber to… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
There are moments in Life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation. A civic duty, a moral challenge, a… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
The Americans... are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human tastes, whose… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
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