Humans have will. In an exorcism with a human, you are dealing with the human will, and whether that will is sufficiently… — Bob Larson Copy Share Image
It seems obvious that moral stages must primarily be the products of the child's interaction with others rather than the direct unfolding… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share Image
“The Realistic Vision recognizes the need for strict moral education through parents, family, friends, and community because people have a dual nature… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
At least in popular parlance, what makes religious folks religious today is not so much that they believe in Jesus' divinity or… — Stephen Prothero Copy Share Image
The only ground of hope for the continuance of our free institutions is in the proper moral and religious training of the… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
I think there's been a tendency to place me in what has been characterised as the 'moral centre' of the film. In… — Joan Allen Copy Share Image
In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
Christ does not dress up a moral picture, and ask you to observe its beauty. He only tells you how to live;… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The child's personality is a product of slow gradual growth. His nervous system matures by stages and natural sequences. He sits before… — Arnold Gesell Copy Share Image
It is true (independently of our conceptualisation) that it is wrong to inflict pain on a sentient creature for no reason (she… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I also think we need unconventional political action, and I increasingly think that there is a need for people of faith to… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It's said the religious right wants to force its faith on the public. But whose faith are we talking about?... Everyone who… — Don Feder Copy Share Image
On the whole, my respect for my fellow-men, except as one may outweigh a million, is not being increased these days… Such… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, protecting the American people. You are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent practice of… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The inclusion of consequences in the conception of what we have done is an acknowledgement that we are parts of the world,… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
Does that not sound odd to you? When God decides who should live or die, he is immoral, When you decide who… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Everything in the world can be made better, and everything in the world therefore should be made better. It deserves to be… — Phil Libin Copy Share Image
Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
There's no question at all that the population explosion will come to an end. The two basic choices are it'll come to… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
For we have built into all of us, old blueprints of expectation and response, old structures of oppression and these must be… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
[A] man and still more the woman, who can be accused either of doing "what nobody does," or of not doing "what… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The problem with a lot of movies when it comes to race is that they want to be moral, and they want… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
I got really good input up until the age of 11, which is perfect. That's when adolescence starts, when I would have… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. Democrats have strong moral values. Frankly, my moral values… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
There's a morality... I think there's a moral compass but whether that comes from religion or just from being a good person,… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences,… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
Government cannot provide values to persons who have none, or who have lost those they had. It cannot provide inner peace. It… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
Playing a bad guy is always a freeing experience, because you don't have the same envelope of restrictions as you have playing… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
Humans are so Funny. So much moralising about words while at the same time thinking it perfectly "moral" to pepper-bomb cities full… — David Icke Copy Share Image
Ask me not, 'Are you rightwing,' but ask me 'Are you a committed believer in individual freedom, the values of the enlightenment?'… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
There is no incompatibility between moral clarity and intellectual firepower, between faith in God and humility -- in fact, they're mutually dependent,… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image