To ask about the 'source' of rights or morals assumes an erreous conclusion. To ask about the source of morals is to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“Everybody knew that men have no morals, that they do not know how to behave, that they do not know how to… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to his narration;… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“For every bad man and woman I have ever known, I have met . . . an overwhelming number of thoroughly clean… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“To be a light on a hill we must be a people on our knees. We become a light when we realize… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Buddha wrote a code which he said would be useful to guide men in darkness, but he never claimed to be the… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“When someone points out something wrong. Instead of correcting it. We are choosing to compare it with other wrong things done before… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
“If it were true love, he would never make you sacrifice your dignity to be with him. He would respect you and… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“One peculiarity of our present [ethical] climate is that we care much more about our rights than about our 'good'. For previous… — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
“Referring to Jumper the spider, who needs to hide himself in human form, and he's learning to act like a human. "I'm… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“Hence a certain tension between religion and society marks the higher stages of every civilization. Religion begins by offering magical aid to… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“Ultimately there are but three systems of ethics, three conceptions of the ideal character and the moral life. One is that of… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
'Revelation assures us that 'righteousness exalteth a nation.' Communities are dealt with in this world by the wise and just Ruler of… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Art and morality are, with certain provisos…one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
You can t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. And… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
While we are actually subjected to them, the 'moods' and 'spirits' of nature point no morals. Overwhelming gaiety, insupportable grandeur, sombre desolation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“That night at Dumbarton was a classic of its kind. She had hopes still, I think, of enslaving me despite myself with… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
I do understand that America is a predominantly Christian country. A lot of morals and values are based in Christianity as opposed… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that future generations will regard our present agribuisness and eating practices in much the same way we now view… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Moral lessons are intrinsically built to contradict the dictates of the guts… If you had no such moral lessons to assimilate in… — Anuradha Bhattacharyya Copy Share Image
“Our way–the Western Way–has always been a "work in progress." Questions of life and death, good and evil, justice and tragedy–these are… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Ah. Well, it stands for Freedom From Morality. We don't think healthy amorality happens naturally." "But you're not amoral," I pointed out.… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“[...] like any human practices, those of religions are not exempt from ethical questioning. Rituals and rites in groups change behavior, sometimes… — Simon Blackburn Copy Share Image
“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“For the various spiritual forms of the imagination have a natural affinity with certain sensuous forms of art - and to discern… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
“At every period of history, people have believed things that were just ridiculous, and believed them so strongly that you risked ostracism… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
You can't make everyone happy no matter what. All I can do is live my life and try to be successful and… — B.J. Penn Copy Share Image
“But whether the risks to which liberty exposes us are moral or physical our right to liberty involves the right to run… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived… — David Hume Copy Share Image
To me, form is not something that you can plan beforehand, especially for a documentary. You can't write it or sketch it.… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
“I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting. …It does not hurt them… — Barbara Cooney Copy Share Image
Taste and elegance, though they are reckoned only among the smaller and secondary morals, yet are of no mean importance in the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Ethics that focus on human interactions, morals that focus on humanity's relationship to a Creator, fall short of these things we've learned.… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
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![“[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support of free governments. [T]herefore education should teach the precepts of…” quote by Gouverneur Morris](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3e6/gouverneur-morris-26042_anarchy_f-or-avoiding-the-extremes-of-despotism_622195.png)
