During the years 1945-1965 (I am referring to Europe), there was a certain way of thinking correctly, a certain style of politicaldiscourse,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
How can we speak of the action of the mind under any divisions, as of its knowledge, of its ethics, of its… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am as sure as I am of the fact of Christ's reign, that a comprehensive and centralised system of national education,… — Archibald Alexander Hodge Copy Share Image
Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint,… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It appears to me that in Ethics, as in all other philosophical studies, the difficulties and disagreements, of which history is full,… — George Moore Copy Share Image
Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
It is foolish to view realism and idealism as incompatible or to consider our power and wealth as encumbered by the demands… — John McCain Copy Share Image
No one doubts but that we imagine time from the very fact that we imagine other bodies to be moved slower or… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
The Hacker Ethic: Access to computers--and anything which might teach you something about the way the world works--should be unlimited and total.… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Pamela, even at a distance, was the voice of her conscience, but then it was very easy to have a conscience from… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Conscience is the most sacred of all property; other property depending in part on positive law, the exercise of that being a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“But do you imagine there’s a certain type of person in the world who conforms to the idea of a ‘bad person'?… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
