The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
All preachers of morality, as also all theologians have a bad habit in common: all of them try to persuade man that… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
To pretend that civilization can exist without destroying its own landbase and the landbases and cultures of others is to be entirely… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
My parents are naive in their morality of things, and so, without realising it, I landed up being ethical and having strong… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
There is a very real evil consequent on ascribing supernatural origin to the received maxilms of morality. That origin consecrates the whole… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Stargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from… — Jack Gleeson Copy Share Image
'The Dictator' - well, that was just a comedy, and I suppose the morality was incidental. It was just something to try… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
All true religion, all true morality, all true mysticism have but one object, and that is to act on humanity, collective and… — A. E. Waite Copy Share Image
But integration and equality are myths; they disguise a new segregation and a new equality...Every social order institutes its own program of… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
Once we realise that utilitarianism comes with the idea of blameworthy rightdoing (such as when you push a big man onto the… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
The more we study mind and matter scientifically the more we see that all things follow a natural sequence, a sequence as… — Llewelyn Powys Copy Share Image
“Let us suppose that the great empire of China, with all its myriads of inhabitants, was suddenly swallowed up by an earthquake,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain - and since labor is pain in itself - it follows that men… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
You have to imbue the characters with their own sort of feeling of justification and morality. Everyone has that, whether we see… — Mark Russell Copy Share Image
It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nations culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
There is no comfortable middle path where we get to provide a rational justification for our basic moral, religious and common sense… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“In your country and mine we should have the privilege of making fun of this kind of morality, but it would be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The ethical decision is always the fearsome decision. When something matters enough that we are afraid of the consequences - afraid that… — Henry W. Bloch Copy Share Image
“As a psychologist, I can confirm that grit is far from the only—or even the most important—aspect of a person’s character. In… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
The instinct of revenge is the force which constitutes the essence of what we call psychology, history, metaphysics and morality. The spirit… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
Certain things we cannot accomplish... by any process of government. We cannot legislate intelligence. We cannot legislate morality. No, and we cannot… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
“Don't create unbelief or doubt in people's minds. When you do so you ruin their lives and you have nothing to give… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as a divine revelation in school? Where else… — Gene Fowler Copy Share Image
“But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, we… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When morality is reduced to personal tastes, people exchange the moral question, What is good? for the pleasure question, What feels good?” — Francis J. Beckwith Copy Share Image
Let but the public mind become once thoroughly corrupt, and all attempts to secure property, liberty or life, by mere force of… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
“Our system of justice should reflect an understanding that any of us could have been dealt a very different hand in life.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Greaser ' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done… — S.E. Hinton Copy Share Image
“Few people can present a completely secular argument detailing why abusing toddlers is objectively wrong. But that hardly stops them from recognizing… — Scott Klusendorf Copy Share Image
I don't feel in any way obligated to remain current with the culture. I feel no social obligation whatsoever. I trust my… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality and its spiritual life. If we can… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
“If you study a historical episode and feel good about it, it probably means that you haven't had it explained very well.… — Patrick N. Allitt Copy Share Image
The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own… — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of… — Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. — John Adams Copy Share Image
