“as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. The nineteenth century” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Moral activity? There is scarcely such a thing possible! Everything is sketchy. The world does nothing but sketch. — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
We hold the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty is far superior to that of supplying the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Being rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
There is nothing inherently sacred about moral codes. Like the wooden idols of long ago, they are the work of human hands,… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
“Jeg skal alltid handle slik at den regelen jeg handler etter kunne gjelde som allmenn lov.” — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“If you want a moral, here it is: what god giveth, he taketh away. In this story art is god. And if… — Jeet Thayil Copy Share Image
The Bible is the chief moral cause of all that is good and the best corrector of all that is evil in… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tamed creatures, whose great… — Suetonius Copy Share Image
It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is my opinion that the Christian conception of God current in these middle years of the twentieth century is so decadent… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
The Christians say, that among the ancient Jews, if you committed a crime you had to kill a sheep. Now they say… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Literature deals with morality but does not necessarily, does not, qua literature, help you to be more moral, either by precept or… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
For, according to the teachings of Islam, moral knowledge automatically forces moral responsibility upon man. A mere Platonic discernment between Right and… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
“When it comes to solving problems, one of the best ways to start is by putting away your moral compass. Why? When… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and responsibilities, sinks… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
A very tall man once asked a question after my talk. Before beginning his question, he explained that the reason he was… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
But then you say, Well, who makes the decision? Does the government make the decision? The reason this is such a national… — John H Richardson Copy Share Image
It is terrible that we all die and lose everything we love; it is doubly terrible that so many human beings suffer… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Morality is neither rational nor absolute nor natural. World has known many moral systems, each of which advances claims universality; all moral… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A moral choice in its basic terms appears to be a choice that favors survival: a choice made in favor of life. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Man had freedom to choose the good, but this same freedom also allowed him to choose the bad. This is called moral… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers. Cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue,… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart — Confucius Copy Share Image
No moral person would do such a thing unless they thought it was divinely warranted. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Assembled in a crowd, people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for moral choice. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I wasn't hired to be a moral judge. I wasn't hired to be a preacher or an evangelist. I'm hired to apply… — Frank Minis Johnson Copy Share Image
Envy ... is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves but only… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If wisdom in government eludes us, perhaps courage could substitute-the moral courage to terminate mistakes. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Solidarity is based on the principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other. — Starhawk Copy Share Image
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