The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I guess if I had to put it into a single phrase, the moral of the Frank stories is that the hammer… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary... — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
I picked up 'On Moral Fiction' in the bookstore and looked up myself in the index, but I didn't read it through.… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I'm always changing. I still have the same morals and values and foundation of who I was, growing up in Jacksonville, FL,… — Ashley Greene Copy Share Image
Don't throw away your friendship with your teenager over behavior that has no great moral significance. There will be plenty of real… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
If the foundation of a well-ordered society is a healthy, happy home, then the problem of lawlessness will not be solved by… — J. Spencer Kinard Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
From the perspective of the one committing suicide, his or her act can be one of the most perverse forms of moral… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Prime ministers require the hide of a rhinoceros, the morals of St. Francis, the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon, the… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Love is the fundamental building block of all human relationships. It will greatly impact our values and morals. Love is the important… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no author or legislator of the moral law. It is simply valid in itself in the nature or essence of… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The workmen's revolution, with the terrors of destruction and murder, not only threatens us, but we have already been living upon its… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There is nothing in either savage or civilized history that is more utterly complete, more remorselessly sweeping than the Father of Mercy´s… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To be free one needs constant and unrelenting vigilance over one's weaknesses. A vigilance which requires a moral energy most of us… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I just do what I feel and what I like. I don't necessarily censor or feel an obligation to have a particular… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Socialist is not a human but animal - because human differs from animal in this that he has moral rules, and reds,… — Janusz Korwin-Mikke Copy Share Image
He provides a vision. He often reminds countries of their responsibilities in a way that makes it seem not only like a… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences, — Muqtada al Sadr Copy Share Image
War is indefensible on every grounds, military and economic and diplomatic and also on moral. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
A moral choice in its basic terms appears to be a choice that favors survival: a choice made in favor of life. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Man had freedom to choose the good, but this same freedom also allowed him to choose the bad. This is called moral… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“If you want a moral, here it is: what god giveth, he taketh away. In this story art is god. And if… — Jeet Thayil Copy Share Image
“Jeg skal alltid handle slik at den regelen jeg handler etter kunne gjelde som allmenn lov.” — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
There is nothing inherently sacred about moral codes. Like the wooden idols of long ago, they are the work of human hands,… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
Being rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We hold the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty is far superior to that of supplying the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
No moral person would do such a thing unless they thought it was divinely warranted. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
