Leibniz accepted the argument that there must be indestructible simple entities if there is to be a complex world, but Epicurean morals… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect - it is too exciting. — Plato Copy Share Image
[Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Not until he acquires European manners does the American anarchist become the gentleman who assures you that people cannot be mademoral by… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The Buddha takes no position on gods, he suggests they may exist or they may not, but either way you can live… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Humor is not an unconditional virtue; its moral character depends on its object. To laugh at the contemptible, is a virtue; to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a teacher of moral and political positions. I don't want to be that. I can't help but have… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Bodily pain affects man as a whole down to the deepest layers of his moral being. It forces him to face again… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
All media work us over completely. They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I think we need to take responsibility for the things we put on this planet, and also take responsibility for the things… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on a ground… — Henry Sidgwick Copy Share Image
Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is indeed something deeply wrong with a person who lacks principles, who has no moral core. There are, likewise, certainly values… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The right for the right's sake is the motto which everyone should take for his own life. With that as a standard… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
There are two things. There was the moral responsibility, and that, first, is creating an atmosphere where the security forces can kill… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
I surrendered my moral conscience to the fact that I was a soldier, and therefore a cog in a relatively low position… — Otto Ohlendorf Copy Share Image
Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Camp is a solvent of morality. It neutralizes moral indignation, sponsors playfulness. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Men will not understand … that when they fulfil their duties to men, they fulfil thereby God's commandments; that they are consequently… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
If a culture treats a particular illness with compassion and enlightened understanding, then sickness can be seen as a challenge, as a… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Notable American Women is an enchanting and moving novel. Like Italo Calvino and Lewis Carrol, Ben Marcus reconfigures the world that we… — Maureen Howard Copy Share Image
The bureaucratic manager, the consuming aesthete, the therapist, the protester and their numerous kindred occupy almost all the available culturally recognizable roles,… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
There's this whole sense of judgment and who's right and who's wrong and who's moral and who's going to be punished. — Sandra Bernhard Copy Share Image
Man has a single basic choice: to think or not, and that is the gauge of his virtue. Moral perfection is an… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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