A democrat should not rely upon the force of the arms his state could flaunt in the face of the world, but… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The young readers I have interacted with carry old concerns repackaged in the skin of a new generation: puzzlement over continuous national… — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
In particular, I argue that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to a crisis of faith-rival stories of… — Michael Ruse Copy Share Image
The vulgarity of inanimate things requires time to get accustomed to; but living, breathing, bustling, plotting, planning, human vulgarity is a species… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“And now dear little children, who may this story read, To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed: Unto… — Mary Howitt Copy Share Image
Looking back on 200 years of feminist agitation in this country, we've got to get it that the moral high ground doesn't… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Character - We describe the character of a person in reference to moral judgments about the worthiness of a person. Thus, to… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
The vermin explain their sin with sanctimonious language like, "We've prayed about it and sought counsel, and we feel it's the right… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
In I'm Not A Racist, But..., Lawrence Blum offers answers for our time about what race is, who is a racist, and… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
The distinction between right and wrong ("la distinction du bien et du mal", Fr.), is nothing else than their unyielding (or implacable)… — African Spir Copy Share Image
The period of Prohibition - called the noble experiment - brought on the greatest breakdown of law and order the United States… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
We should seek to free the moral life from the embarrassments and entanglements in which it has been involved by the quibbles… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The human beings at the helm of the new nation [USA], whatever their limitations [slave owners, anti-democracy], were truly revolutionary. The theory… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Coming into World War II, we were seen as a conquering hero for beleaguered people, we are now seen as invader, an… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The aim of education is to guide young persons in the process through which they shape themselves as human persons-armed with knowledge,… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, "There is something not right," no matter… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To those of us who remained committed mainly to the exploration of moral distinctions and ambiguities, the feminist analysis may have seemed… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good. Thus… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Science corrects the old creeds, sweeps away, with every new perception, our infantile catechisms, and necessitates a faith commensurate with the grander… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word “concern” out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
One hears of the mechanical equivalent of heat. What we now need to discover in the social realm is the moral equivalent… — William James Copy Share Image
To live, we must daily break the body and shed the blood of Creation. When we do this knowingly, lovingly, skillfully, reverently,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous… — Stephen J. Cannell Copy Share Image
Those subject to capital punishment are real human beings, with their own backgrounds and narratives. By contrast, those whose lives are or… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
I think empathy is a guy who punches you in the face at a bus station, and you’re somehow able to look… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
Of course it is,’ said the Duchess, who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said; ‘there’s a large mustard-mine near… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake it up. For example, if Mitch saves… — David Hasselhoff Copy Share Image
Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for… — Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel Copy Share Image
If we don't hold fast to our moral principles, nobody's going to. We don't have to have a majority, but once ten,… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
It's too low, and if Europe wants to be a force in the world it needs to be more than a moral… — Ashton Carter Copy Share Image
It is horrible! It is not the suffering and the death of the animals that is horrible, but the fact that the… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
We have now in our possession three instruments of civilization, unknown to antiquity. These are the art of printing; free representative government;… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
Pranayam is the right science of breathing where deep, regulated and rhythmic breathing is done along with mental purification. Its practice plays… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
The biggest difference between Jesus Christ and ethical and moral teachers who have been deified by man. Is that these moralists came… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Napoleon, who had an aversion to the moral laxity of the eighteenth century, which he blamed on the domination of society by… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
I’m repulsed at the concept of man-on-man sex, I think it’s against nature. I think it’s strange as hell, but if that’s… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image