In cases of doubtful morality, it is usual to say is there any harm in doing this? This question may sometimes be… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“An active moral life cannot be evolved except where people are free to express their feelings and act upon the insights of… — George Dennison Copy Share Image
Morality represents for everybody a thoroughly definite and ascertained idea: the idea of human conduct regulated in a certain manner. — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“the standard of morality is raised just in proportion as Buddha-nature or real self extends and amplifies itself in different times and… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The generation of consumers who swallow this pessimistic sentiment can't see past the product to its debased morality. Instead, their excitement about… — Armond White Copy Share Image
“As the savage progresses, he acquires experience and formulates codes of 'right' and 'wrong' from his memories of those courses which have… — Lovecraft H.P Copy Share Image
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question Have we anything to… — Hugo Ball Copy Share Image
I feel no obligation to teach my readers anything, to impart any sort of wisdom, to teach any sort of lesson, to… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
So let me put it thus: Hold on to your principles of morality and ethics, use your willpower to the limit, pay… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not like a politician that goes around talking about family values. And I can't get fired from being a funny person… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
You cannot have a boundary-less existence, because your neighbor has his own boundaries, and who is going to give you the ethics… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
A man needs no arguments to make him discern and approve what is beautiful: it strikes at first sight, and attracts without… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
There are always those who say legislation can't solve the problem. There is a half-truth involved here. It is true that legislation… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. I… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“People sometimes say that it is “old-fashioned” to define morality based on the Bible, but nothing is more “old- fashioned” than wanting… — Dannah K. Gresh Copy Share Image
Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more… — H. Jay Dinshah Copy Share Image
“Sorting out what's good and bad is the province of ethics. It is also what keeps priests, pundits, and parents busy. Unfortunately,… — Thomas Cathcart Copy Share Image
The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
“Religious people today, compartmentalize their attitude to the Bible. They pay it lip service as a symbol of morality while getting their… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The overall similarity is probably in the mentality of law enforcement officers. There's a sense of wanting to really uphold a sense… — Benjamin McKenzie Copy Share Image
Morality arose largely as an empirical defence of the individual and society. Ever since intelligent beings began to be in contact, and… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
When the president says that the biggest problem of the country is corruption, they attack the morality of the president so that… — Jovenel Moise Copy Share Image
As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Too often in the post-9/11 world, when the time has come to translate the moral, and essentially progressive, roots of foreign policy… — Richard Just Copy Share Image
I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists:… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I came a fabulous opera. I saw that all beings have a fatality for happiness: action is not life, but a way… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
The end of all moral speculations is to teach us our duty; and, by proper representations of the deformity of vice and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Our nominal morality has been formulated by priests and mentally enslaved women. It is time that men who have to take a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when… — Zahid Abas Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“Morality established from Science is the key to understanding Coexistence. Science based on Morality is the reason we have prejudice for things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Our ability to adapt and therefore to accept everything is one of our greatest dangers. Creatures that are completely flexible, changeable, can… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
“The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any… — William Golding Copy Share Image
