All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate people into a… — Pope Clement VIII Copy Share Image
There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for years on end. It… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Today, people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes, water and air pollution, hunger, the increasing erosion… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Adam Smith's image of competition in the marketplace was intended as an adjunct to his detailed description of human motivation in The… — Ted Malloch Copy Share Image
Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
One hears of the mechanical equivalent of heat. What we now need to discover in the social realm is the moral equivalent… — William James Copy Share Image
Women while in college ought to have the broadest possible education. This college education should be the same as men's, not only… — M. Carey Thomas Copy Share Image
For science, the end of the evolution struggle is simply represented by 'survival.' As for the means to that end, apparently anything… — Bruce Lipton Copy Share Image
In thousands of years there has been no advance in public morals, in philosophy, in religion or in politics, but the advance… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
For the lost are lost by nature, all your ideas of moral regeneration will make no difference, there is AN INNATE DETERMINISM,… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into the country, curtail their freedom of action… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
I fundamentally believe that in the moral balance of the human race, we right ourselves. If we feel like the ship's keel… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Hindsight is 20/20, but the moral of the writing for me is that when you're feeling very scared and nervous about something… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct. — Paul Ricoeur Copy Share Image
If you can have a show that has quite strong morals and cover important themes but be able to put them out… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
“His (Lenin's)humanitarianism was a very abstract passion. It embraced humanity in general but he seems to have had little love for, or… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If wisdom in government eludes us, perhaps courage could substitute-the moral courage to terminate mistakes. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
If we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Asceticism in most cases is either the result of a sordid imagination or of passion diverted from its natural course, and experience… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The early symptoms of the disease [California Curse], which break out almost on arrival in Hollywood, are a sense of exaggerated self-importance… — Elinor Glyn Copy Share Image
To avert disaster, we have not only to teach men to make things but to teach them to have complete moral control… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
The law is the witness and external deposit of our moral life. Its history is the history of the moral development of… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
to tempt and be tempted are closely allied; and in spite of all the finest moral maxims buried in the mind, when… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
Under the discipline of unity, knowledge and morality come together. No longer can we have that paltry 'objective' knowledge so prized by… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I got really good input up until the age of 11, which is perfect. That's when adolescence starts, when I would have… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I could not possibly improve on the sentiment, but I don't think it ought to depend on the current austerities. Isn't Christmas… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image