“It wasn't so much all the sex that robbed me of my moral bearings, but all the narcotics. I must say, there's… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Against my will, I became a witness to the most terrible defeat of reason and to the most savage triumph of brutality… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I think having the opportunity to get inside the skin of people that operate outside the law and normal moral and ethical… — Adam Croasdell Copy Share Image
The practical reason for freedom is that freedom seems to be the only condition under which any kind of substantial moral fiber… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Yet again, the more you strive for some kind of perfection or mastery—in morals, in art or in spirituality—the more you see… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. "They all eat one another!" he… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman 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
Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral… — David Hume Copy Share Image
We must come to understand the deep mutual connection or kinship between the various forms of our spirituality. We must recollect our… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Coal is the moral choice, particularly for the developing world... The model for the world right now should be Australia. Australia gets… — Marc Morano Copy Share Image
For Christians to be linked in association with ministries who do not preach the gospel of Christ is to incur moral guilt.… — Charles Haddon Copy Share Image
The most perfect philosophy of the natural kind only staves off our ignorance a little longer: as perhaps the most perfect philosophy… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The United States of America is a flawed society. As it comprises human beings, it must be flawed. But in terms of… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour. In a wholesome spiritual life there is no room for criticism. The critical… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“They make you settle for second best." That's what I like about the movies. There's always some minor character standing round to… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
If the present civilisation does not acquire some stable moral fondations ("bases morales stables", Fr.), its existence will hardly be more assured… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Every new medium has, within a short time of its introduction, been condemned as a threat to young people. Pulp novels would… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
Astrology presupposes that the heavenly bodies are regulated in their movements in harmony with the destiny of mortals: the moral man presupposes… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
We have made, and still are making, enormous advances on material lines. It is necessary that we commensurately advance on moral lines.… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Our system doesn't work, and it doesn't work, ultimately, not because of Sarah Palin, or the christian right, or Glenn Beck. It… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
There are surely times when a conservative and a liberal would agree. We would agree on how moral it is to discriminate… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
I'm not a moral relativist, I do think at the end of the day there's right and wrong, there's good intentions, and… — Aaron Ehasz Copy Share Image
I recall asking the late eminent liberal historian Arthur Schlesinger, in a public forum in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, if… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting… — Herb Elliott Copy Share Image
In the same way that slavery was a moral challenge for the 19th century and totalitarianism was a challenge for the 20th… — Sheryl WuDunn Copy Share Image
As the pleasure principle is unconstrained by a moral compass based on a respect for others, it is increasingly shaped by the… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I was moving among two groups... who had almost ceased to communicate at all, who in intellectual, moral, and psychological climate had… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately,… — African Spir Copy Share Image
I want kids to think that reading can be just as much fun and more so than TV or video games or… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
Steve Yarbrough is a writer of many gifts, but what makes Safe from the Neighbors such a magnificent achievement is its moral… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
The dogma of cultural relativism is challenged by the very people for whose moral benefit the anthropologists established it in the first… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
In these xenophobic times, when politicians are stoking everyone's anxiety about threats from abroad, I would argue that engaging with the rest… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Today, the UK must be the pioneer of a new model of economic change, that integrates social and environmental consideration. This is… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
We're looking at a quandary here where Bernie's [Sanders] the winner on a moral and even a political basis. He's made history,… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
Most superheroes are painted with a specific moral objective that makes them who they are. And that moral objective influences everything they… — Josh Trank Copy Share Image