Man reacts upon and toward the external universe in three ways, namely, by his active nature ; by his intellectual nature ;… — Richard Maurice Bucke Copy Share Image
There is no incompatibility between moral clarity and intellectual firepower, between faith in God and humility -- in fact, they're mutually dependent,… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
... the self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
Science is expanding, and with it our vision of the universe. although this new and constantly changing view may not always give… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
I believe our task is to develop a moral and aesthetic imagination deep enough and wide enough to encompass the contradictions of… — Richard Tarnas Copy Share Image
Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I pray the Pope [Francis] can use his moral authority to inspire true religious freedom, and bring us closer to the day… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
A society whose moral ideas, inhibit their own defense will always suffer defeat by the very predators they deem immoral. In any… — Randy Wayne White Copy Share Image
I cannot favour laws such as that of Idaho, which allows sterilization of 'mental defectives, epileptics, habitual criminals, moral degenerates, and sex… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
It is paltry philosophy if in the old-fashioned way one lays down rules and principles in total disregard of moral values .… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Conscience, the sense of right, the power of perceiving moral distinctions, the power of discerning between justice and injustice, excellence and baseness,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure… — Ayn Rand 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
Literature is an ethical leap. It is a moral decision. A perilous exercise in constant failure. Literature should have grievances, because there… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
Four things to think about. 1. Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do. — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
The language of digital communication is a language we don't understand in a way. People say the internet is like the Wild… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I think that Paul Ryan could be a great leader for our country. But I think that he is in a moral… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
Those sciences which govern the morals of mankind, such as Theology and Philosophy, make everything their concern: no activity is so private… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad. — Joe Wright Copy Share Image
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“A whole lot of us go through life assuming that we are basically right, basically all the time, about basically everything: about… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
We're the most captive nation of slaves that ever came along. The moral timidity of the average American is quite noticeable. Everybody's… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
While the easiest way in metaphysics is to condemn all metaphysics as nonsense, the easiest way in morals is to elevate the… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Kids aren't political, but around 10 years old, they are beginning to develop the moral grounding that might later, in their teens,… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Though it's hard to be completely certain about things like this, I have a suspicion that only someone with deep freedom (one… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
In all humility and sincerity we must admit a power higher than ourselves from whom is derived a positive moral code that… — Delbert L. Stapley Copy Share Image
Further, an excess of legislation defeats its own ends. It makes the whole population criminals, and turns them all into police and… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I grant this mode of secluding boys from the intercourse of private families has a tendency to make them scholars, but our… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace...but merely a vehicle of power… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
In my run-ins with Christians... I find that they really are good moral people. And we overlap on everything, and they don't… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
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