Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; therefore the former make us universally… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The symbol of all relationships among such men, the moral symbol of respect for human beings, is the trader. We, who live… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is not a moral commandment but a flow… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
I have used the word "attention," which I borrow from Simone Weil, to express the idea of a just and loving gaze… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Some people simply use their faith as a lexicon of behavioral reasoning; without that they would be forced to face their own… — Deborah Feldman Copy Share Image
The idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another-whether God or… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Freedom does not mean that right to do whatever we please, but rather to do as we ought. The right to do… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Milk-livered man, That bear'st a cheek for blows, a head for wrongs; Who hast not in thy brows an eye discerning Thine… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Gratitude is not a spiritual or moral dessert which we may take or push away according to the whims of the moment,… — Noel 'Razor' Smith Copy Share Image
Every part of the photographic image carries some information that contributes to its total statement; the viewer's responsibility is to see, in… — Howard S. Becker 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
problematic within post-Reformation dogmatics. Is faith something I 'do' to earn God's favour, and, if not, what role does it play? Once… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a stronger follower of Veganism by principle, not just because of moral and aesthetic reasons. I truly believe in a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Barry Jones once said that Australia is the only country where the word 'academic' is a pejorative. The academic sector has a… — Gustav Nossal Copy Share Image
In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
If we knew that god exists, such knowledge would make morality impossible. For, if we acted morally from fear or fright, or… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
All so-called revealed religions consist mainly of three portions, a cosmogony more or less mythical, a history more or less falsified, and… — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image
If there is any moral in Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from it, if the whole story is not… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
I think the problems with comedians that are political, and there are some brilliant ones, are the ones that offer no solutions.… — Kyle Kinane Copy Share Image
“We have complete choice as individuals: the only decisions we can take are our own. And yet so many species use the… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
Within my own lifetime, I have seen the most ferocious assaults on Christian faith and morals; first on the part of the… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
The scientists are virtually screaming from the rooftops now. The debate is over! There's no longer any debate in the scientific community… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The mere leader of fashion has no genuine claim to supremacy; at least, no abiding assurance of it. He has embroidered his… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Cultures are not the source of all morals, only a limited set of morals. Cultures can be graded and judged morally according… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
And what is more melancholy than the old apple-trees that linger about the spot where once stood a homestead, but where there… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
The mere size of the brain has been proved to be no measure of superiority. The woman has greater moral courage than… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
Now I will avow, that I then believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Never turn your back on the light that shows you the right way, because in this world not everyone finds a light… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
No one talks about the real ethics disaster in Washington. It's that many members of Congress will listen to any argument against… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
This is not a time to keep the facts from the people-to keep them complacent. To sound the alarm is not to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly,… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of nature, yet, by the moral quality radiating from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
If God eliminated evil by programming us to perform only good acts, we would lose this distinguishing mark - the ability to… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
