There is genius as well in virtue as in intellect. 'Tis the doctrine of faith over works. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Separate religion from morality, and you have the true energy for evil within man, the terrible, cruel, devastating, and inhuman principle which… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
“It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity - and make… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes of acts 'sins' and others 'virtue' on… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If you'd like to meet some fully realized characters while learning some specifics of Zimbabwe's postcolonial struggles, as I did, you're likely… — Jabari Asim Copy Share Image
If I was doing standup I would worry that someone would think I was being preachy, whereas, with a character, it always… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
“holiness is not the accumulation of virtues. Holiness is being possessed by God.” — John Riccardo Copy Share Image
There are certain artists and filmmakers who, I get the impression, are trying to show off how bad their characters can be,… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Interviews, when they are just simply an exercise in hearing what you want to hear, are of no interest. And many, many,… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
John Woo is a very nice and kind person; he gives almost no direction at all, trusting me to come up with… — Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Copy Share Image
In my view, success is earned externally by being better than other people. But character, that sort of unfakeable goodness, is earned… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. — Paul Bert Copy Share Image
That's why I like the indies: because I like being who I am. I get to be who I am in the… — Matt Riddle Copy Share Image
In a given scene I may know nothing more than how it's supposed to end, most of the time not even that.… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
Morality [or ethics] is not a subject; it is a life put to the test in dozens of moments. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
I have done scenes as Harvey Two-Face. It's interesting. I won't tell you exactly what we're going for, but I think that… — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw. — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
In trying to develop an impartial, expansive ethic we are trying to get ethical systems to do something which they did not… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
He's very competitive and knows what he wants. He has developed toughness in character and that is what is needed for Indian… — Steve Waugh Copy Share Image
It's strange: I love pop music, and I really can enjoy it, but I didn't feel like the characters within pop music… — Shura Copy Share Image
I approach my interviews with the mindset of, exactly what are we selling? How can I sell it the hardest and the… — Paul Heyman Copy Share Image
Sex annihilates identity, and the space given to sex in contemporary novels is an avowal of the absence of character. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Initially my makeup for the character of Ramola Sikand in TV serial 'Kahin Kisi Roz' raised eyebrows of many who were of… — Sudha Chandran Copy Share Image
I fell in love with Crawford because when she was twenty or twenty five, she would dance and talk and sing and… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
“Copyright © Glenn Greenwald, 2014 The moral right of the author has been asserted All rights reserved” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Rozabal' was theological while 'Chanakya' is political. Unlike 'Rozabal,' which was about research, the aim of 'Chanakya' is plot, plot, plot, which… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I love drawing what the character is feeling, in my comics, with no dialogue. — Vera Brosgol Copy Share Image
Ten men have failed from defect in morals, where one has failed from defect in intellect. — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
The moral man is he who is opposed to injustice per se, opposed to injustice wherever he finds it; the moral man… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean… — John Burns Copy Share Image
It’s always about, somehow, finding a part of myself that is relevant, and then turning the volume up on that particular part.… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character. — Rod Paige Copy Share Image
It is true that there are some surface similarities between my mother and Mrinalini's character since both were successful commercial actresses in… — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
For a long-running TV show, you're looking for a character who is interesting and vibrant and you can imagine going into all… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image