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title: "84 Moral Sense Quotes by 56 authors"
description: "Browse 84 Moral Sense quotes by 56 authors. Discover the best Moral Sense sayings and thoughts."
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> [Fiction is the great repository of the moral sense. The wicked get punished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-brookner/fiction-is-the-great-repository-of-the-moral-sense-the-wicked-get/)

[Anita Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-brookner/)

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> [“And of course all that he is is a gifted man without a moral sense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/and-of-course-all-that-he-is-is-a-gifted-man-without-a-moral-sense/)

[F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/)

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> [Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/will-springs-from-the-two-elements-of-moral-sense-and-self-interest/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it-when unpopular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-moral-sense-teaches-us-what-is-right-and-how-to-avoid-it-when/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [“You irritate me sublimely. What can it be in me? Is it the relic of a moral sense?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/you-irritate-me-sublimely-what-can-it-be-in-me-is-it-the-relic-of-a/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [A man's moral sense must be unusually strong if slavery does not make him a thief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-man-s-moral-sense-must-be-unusually-strong-if-slavery-does-not-make/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The moral sense is the first excellence of well-organized man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-moral-sense-is-the-first-excellence-of-well-organized-man/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The moral sense is a natural faculty in us like the sense of smell or of touch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kropotkin/the-moral-sense-is-a-natural-faculty-in-us-like-the-sense-of-smell-or/)

[Peter Kropotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kropotkin/)

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> [Wars, however frequent and destructive they may be, have never been able to kill entirely the intellectual and moral sense which raises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-ducommun/wars-however-frequent-and-destructive-they-may-be-have-never-been/)

[Elie Ducommun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-ducommun/)

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> [Our moral sense really evolved to bind groups together into teams that can cooperate in order to compete with other teams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-haidt/our-moral-sense-really-evolved-to-bind-groups-together-into-teams/)

[Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-haidt/)

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> [“the existence of the moral sense is a signal that there is an ought, something other than, and transcendent over, what is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-sire-2/the-existence-of-the-moral-sense-is-a-signal-that-there-is-an-ought/)

[James W Sire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-sire-2/)

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> [I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-believe-that-justice-is-instinct-and-innate-the-moral-sense-is-as/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/questions-of-natural-right-are-triable-by-their-conformity-with-the/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [A growing body of evidence suggests that humans do have a rudimentary moral sense from the very start of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bloom/a-growing-body-of-evidence-suggests-that-humans-do-have-a-rudimentary/)

[Paul Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bloom/)

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> [We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bloom/we-are-naturally-moral-beings-but-our-environments-can-enhance-or/)

[Paul Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bloom/)

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> [The difficulty of looking at a system like natural selection if you have any sort of moral sense yourself, is almost what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-bettany/the-difficulty-of-looking-at-a-system-like-natural-selection-if-you/)

[Paul Bettany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-bettany/)

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> [Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-brown/take-therefore-what-modern-technology-is-capable-of-the-power-of-our/)

[Gordon Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-brown/)

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> [When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, protecting the American people. You are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/when-you-take-on-the-position-of-president-you-are-committing/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg or arm. It is given to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-moral-sense-or-conscience-is-as-much-a-part-of-man-as-his-leg-or/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-moral-sense-reappears-today-with-the-same-morning-newness-that/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Unless a woman has a decided pleasure and facility in teaching, an honest knowledge of everything she professes to impart, a liking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinah-maria-murlock-craik/unless-a-woman-has-a-decided-pleasure-and-facility-in-teaching-an/)

[Dinah Maria Murlock Craik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinah-maria-murlock-craik/)

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> [We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-coyle-bradley/we-might-not-object-to-the-statement-that-lear-deserved-to-suffer-for/)

[Andrew Coyle Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-coyle-bradley/)

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> [“The Church still prizes the Moral Sense as man's noblest asset today, although the Church knows God had a distinctly poor opinion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-church-still-prizes-the-moral-sense-as-man-s-noblest-asset-today/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/the-moral-truth-here-is-obvious-anyone-who-feels-that-the-interests/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [“Man is made of dirt - I saw him made. I am not made of dirt. Man is a museum of diseases,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/man-is-made-of-dirt-i-saw-him-made-i-am-not-made-of-dirt-man-is-a/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/of-all-the-differences-between-man-and-the-lower-animals-the-moral-2/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

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> [Words of divine consciousness: moral exaltation; lasting feelings of elevation, elation, joy; a quickening of the moral sense, which strikes one as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/words-of-divine-consciousness-moral-exaltation-lasting-feelings-of/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

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> [“Morals are difficult things to talk about, but what has happened is that we have invented a moral sense, which is rotting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-h-white/morals-are-difficult-things-to-talk-about-but-what-has-happened-is/)

[T.H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-h-white/)

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> [Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/because-we-are-free-we-can-never-be-indifferent-to-the-fate-of/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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> [The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/the-following-proposition-seems-to-me-in-a-high-degree-probable/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

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> [Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-darwin/of-all-the-differences-between-man-and-the-lower-animals-the-moral/)

[Charles Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-darwin/)

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> [In the greatest fiction, the writer's moral sense coincides with his dramatic sense, and I see no way for it to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/in-the-greatest-fiction-the-writer-s-moral-sense-coincides-with-his/)

[Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/)

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> [“Nevertheless, it is the Christian theory that it is only a regard for this Being -- partly a trembling fear and partly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/nevertheless-it-is-the-christian-theory-that-it-is-only-a-regard-for/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [“Moral sense is almost completely ignored by modern society. We have, in fact, suppressed its manifestations. All are imbued with irresponsibility. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-carrel/moral-sense-is-almost-completely-ignored-by-modern-society-we-have-in/)

[Alexis Carrel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-carrel/)

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> [“Humans are not innately good (just as they are not innately evil), but they come equipped with motives that can orient them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/humans-are-not-innately-good-just-as-they-are-not-innately-evil-but/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

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> [“What our generation is in danger of forgetting is not only that morals are of necessity a phenomenon of individual conduct but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-a-hayek/what-our-generation-is-in-danger-of-forgetting-is-not-only-that/)

[F. A. Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-a-hayek/)

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> [“No, it was a human thing. You should not insult the brutes by such a misuse of the word; they have not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/no-it-was-a-human-thing-you-should-not-insult-the-brutes-by-such-a/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [“For the various spiritual forms of the imagination have a natural affinity with certain sensuous forms of art - and to discern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/for-the-various-spiritual-forms-of-the-imagination-have-a-natural/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/i-have-a-strong-moral-sense-by-my-standards/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

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> [It is silly to appeal to people's moral sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-goring/it-is-silly-to-appeal-to-people-s-moral-sense/)

[Hermann Goring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-goring/)

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## Top authors on Moral Sense

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                        "text": "Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights. We do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people.",
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                        "text": "“Nevertheless, it is the Christian theory that it is only a regard for this Being -- partly a trembling fear and partly a kind of conciliation represented to be love -- that keeps the human race from roaring downhill to villainy and disaster. Nor are theologians daunted by the obvious fact that many open and even ribald skeptics are not going that way, but, on the contrary, show a considerably higher degree of virtue than the Christian average. Their answer ... is that the moral sense of every such blameless candidate for Hell 'is a kind of parasitic growth upon the otherworldliness of the society in which he lives.' ... Even men who should know better indulge in this confusion between the religious impulse and common decency. ... But this is surely going beyond the plain facts. A man may be truly religious without imagining God as good at all, and he may be good without believing that there is any moral order in the universe or even that God exists. Religion does not necessarily make men better citizens, whether of their neighborhoods or of the world.”",
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                        "text": "“Humans are not innately good (just as they are not innately evil), but they come equipped with motives that can orient them away from violence and toward cooperation and altruism. Empathy (particularly in the sense of sympathetic concern) prompts us to feel the pain of others and to align their interests with our own. Self-control allows us to anticipate the consequences of acting on our impulses and to inhibit them accordingly. The moral sense sanctifies a set of norms and taboos that govern the interactions among people in a culture, sometimes in ways that decrease violence, though often (when the norms are tribal, authoritarian, or puritanical) in ways that increase it. And the faculty of reason allows us to extricate ourselves from our parochial vantage points, to reflect on the ways in which we live our lives, to deduce ways in which we could be better off, and to guide the application of the other better angels of our nature. In one section I will also examine the possibility that in recent history Homo sapiens has literally evolved to become less violent in the biologist’s technical sense of a change in our genome. But the focus of the book is on transformations that are strictly environmental: changes in historical circumstances that engage a fixed human nature in different ways.”",
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                        "text": "“What our generation is in danger of forgetting is not only that morals are of necessity a phenomenon of individual conduct but also that they can exist only in the sphere in which the individual is free to decide for himself and is called upon voluntarily to sacrifice personal advantage to the observance of a moral rule. Outside the sphere of individual responsibility there is neither goodness nor badness, neither opportunity for moral merit nor the chance of proving one’s conviction by sacrificing one’s desires to what one thinks right. Only were we ourselves are responsible for our own interests and are free to sacrifice them has our decision moral value. We are neither entitled to be unselfish at someone else’s expense nor is there any merit in being unselfish if we have no choice. The members of a society who in all respects are made to do the good things have no title to praise. As Milton said: “If every action which is good or evil in a man of ripe years were under pittance an prescription and compulsion, what were virtue but a name, what praise should then be due to well-doing, what gramercy to be sober, just, or continent?” Freedom to order our own conduct in the sphere where material circumstances force upon us, and responsibility for the arrangement of our own life according to our own conscience, is the air in which alone moral sense grows and in which moral values are daily re-created in the free decision of the individual. Responsibility, not to a superior, but to one’s conscience, the awareness of a duty not exacted by compulsion, the necessity to decide which of the things one values are to be sacrificed to others, and to bear the consequences of one’s own decision, are the very essence of any morals which deserve the name. That in this sphere of individual conduct the effect of collectivism has been almost entirely destructive is both inevitable and undeniable. A movement whose main promise is the relief from responsibility cannot but be antimoral in its effect, however lofty the ideals to which it owes its birth. Can there be much doubt that the feeling of personal obligation to remedy inequities, where our individual power permits, has been weakened rather than strengthened, that both the willingness to bear responsibility and the consciousness that it is our own individual duty to know how to choose have been perceptibly impaired? …There is much to suggest that we have in fact become more tolerant toward particular abuses and much more indifferent to inequities in individual cases, since we have fixed our eyes on an entirely different system in which the state will set everything right. It may even be, as has been suggested, that the passion for collective action is a way in which we now without compunction collectively indulge in that selfishness which as individuals we had learned a little to restrain.”",
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                        "text": "“No, it was a human thing. You should not insult the brutes by such a misuse of the word; they have not deserved it . . . It is like your paltry race--always lying, always claiming virtues which it hasn't got, always denying them to the higher animals, which alone posses them. No brute ever does a cruel thing--that is the monopoly of those with the Moral Sense. When a brute inflicts pain he does it innocently; it is not wrong; for him there is no such thing as wrong. And he does not inflict pain for the pleasure of inflicting it--only man does that. Inspired by that mongrel Morel Sense of his! A sense whose function is to distinguish between right and wrong, with liberty to choose which of them he will do. Now what advantage can he get out of that? He is always choosing, and in nine time out of ten he prefers the wrong. There shouldn't be any wrong; and without the Moral Sense there couldn't be any. And yet he is such an unreasoning creature that he is not able to perceive that the Moral Sense degrades him to the bottom layer of animated beings and is a shameful possession. Are you feeling better? Let me show you something.”",
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                        "text": "“For the various spiritual forms of the imagination have a natural affinity with certain sensuous forms of art - and to discern the qualities of each art, to intensify as well its limitations as its powers of expression, is one of the aims that culture sets before us. It is not an increased moral sense, an increased moral supervision that your literature needs. Indeed, one should never talk of a moral or an immoral poem - poems are either well written or badly written, that is all. And, indeed, any element of morals or implied reference to a standard of good or evil in art is often a sign of a certain incompleteness of vision, often a note of discord in the harmony of an imaginative creation; for all good work aims at a purely artistic effect. ‘We must be careful,’ said Goethe, ‘not to be always looking for culture merely in what is obviously moral. Everything that is great promotes civilisation as soon as we are aware of it.”",
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