But, in history, practical usefulness never determines the moral value of an achievement. Only the person who increases the knowledge humanity has… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Every human soul has seen, perhaps before their birth pure forms such as justice, temperance, beauty and all the great moral qualities… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad,… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Namely, if I am challenging the base of all these institutions, I'm challenging the moral code of altruism. The precept that man's… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Caring, whether for children or the dying, shouldn't be instrumental. It should be an intrinsic, moral good. — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Let Christ turn your natural optimism into Christian hope, your energy into moral virtue, your good will into genuine self-sacrificin g love!… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Whenever a man is known to seek promotion by intrigue, by temporizing, or by resorting to the haunts of vulgarity and vice… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
The truth is every problem can't be solved by government. Many are caused by the moral breakdown in our society. And the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
As human beings we are all the same. We have this marvelous intelligence, which sometimes creates problems for us, but when influenced… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
On Nov. 6, the day before my 94th birthday, our nation will hold one of the most critical elections in my lifetime.… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
A middle ground might be to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage… — Michelangelo Signorile Copy Share Image
Why have we had such a decline in moral climate? I submit to you that a major factor has been a change… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Moral courage further demands that you assume the responsibility for your own acts. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I'm not so naive that I didn't know or didn't suspect that, at some point, someone was going to say "You're writing… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Character - We describe the character of a person in reference to moral judgments about the worthiness of a person. Thus, to… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I don't have some sort of moral dilemma with coming as a guest to an event or a fashion show. — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health! — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Turkey is currently seeking to make itself more independent from Europe and is turning to the east. Is that in our interest?… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
In particular, I argue that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to a crisis of faith-rival stories of… — Michael Ruse Copy Share Image
Love is above the laws, above the opinion of men; it is the truth, the flame, the pure element, the primary idea… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy. — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
The search for a moral equivalent of war continues to define American liberalism to this day. — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
want to get to the substance of the book ["Thank You for Being Late"], but it is so closely connected to this… — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not the problem. Conservatism is the founding of this country, essentially. Conservatism isn't even really an ideology. Conservatism is just… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a… — George Will Copy Share Image
The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
When you do an hour and a half and you destroy, like tonight was great. I had an awesome time. I realized… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Our enemies are real. But so are the moral questions and long-term political implications of drone strikes. — Bruce Feirstein Copy Share Image
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