To live his life in his own way, to call his house his castle, to enjoy the fruits of his own labour,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
But here is the heart of the moral issue for many of us. Simply put, those around the world who have contributed… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either… — Louis Berkhof Copy Share Image
There is very little moral mixture in the 'Antislavery' feeling of this country. A great deal is abstract philanthropy; part is hatred… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
“Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place.… — James C. Dobson Copy Share Image
A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
That which does not correspond to the truth or to the moral norm possesses, objectively, no right either to existence or to… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will. — Bono Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
To cite the facts of history is to fall prey to 'moral equivalence,' or 'political correctness,' or 'the error of of atheism,'… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Whether moral and social phenomena are really exceptions to the general certainty and uniformity of the course of nature; and how far… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Textbooks should show that neither morality nor immorality can simply be conferred upon us by history. Merely being part of the United… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can't be moral, at least we can avoid being… — Langdon Elwyn Mitchell Copy Share Image
I like Silver Surfer because he's the most philosophical, always philosophizing about the human race and the human condition and why people… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
The truth of religion comes from its symbolic rendering of man's moral experience; it proceeds intuitively and imaginatively. Its falsehood comes from… — Eugene Genovese Copy Share Image
Thus commerce, though in itself a moral nullity, has had a considerable influence in tempering the human mind....he trades with the same… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Without the values at the core of Christianity and other world religions, without moral norms that have been shaped over millennia, people… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Clemenza's overriding responsibility is to his family. He takes a moment out of his routine madness to remember that he had promised… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The [Jewish] Sabbath was not intended to be simply a desert of prohibitions, but rather an oasis for moral restoration and seemly… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
For an act to be moral the intention must be based on compassion, not duty. We do something because we want to… — Arthur Schopenhauer 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
The American elite ... is almost beyond redemption. Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have become incapable… — Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Copy Share Image
It is time the clergy are told that thinking men, after a close examination of that doctrine, pronounce it to be subversive… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
If you start looking at movies on a moral level - "I don't like that, that hurts, that's mean, that's bad" -… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Indonesia has already been governed for too long by sclerotic uncles who have sold their nation off to foreign companies and governments.… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
We don't claim to have perfect morals, but at least we have a huge area of things that, while legal, are beneath… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the public has ultimate responsibility, I'm not saying… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Jewish legend says that the world rests on 36 just men: only thirty six, but their moral strength is immense. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The distemper of which, as a community, we are sick, should be considered rather as a moral than a political malady. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
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