The worst thing is that we live in a contaminated moral environment. We fell morally ill because we became used to saying… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The great masses of people do not consist of philosophers; precisely for the masses, faith is often the sole foundation of a… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
This is the crux of the moral pessimists: if they really wanted to promote their neighbor's redemption, then they would have to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I feel about Photoshop the way some people feel about abortion. It is appalling and a tragic reflection on the moral decay… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Science investigates, religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power, religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
People hope that if they scream loudly enough about "values" then others will mistake them for serious, sensitive souls who have higher… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence -… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“There is no “universal moral urge” and not all ethical systems agree. Polygamy, human sacrifice, infanticide, cannibalism (Eucharist), wife beating, self-mutilation, foot… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
Leibniz accepted the argument that there must be indestructible simple entities if there is to be a complex world, but Epicurean morals… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
It is true that one was not allowed at the time to really ask, what would lead people to do this, from… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
There are two sure ways to fail: never get started and quit before you succeed. Many companies promote the language of risk-taking… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
I genuinely was just such a fan of the books. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations. There are not only commercial… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
We must act now and wake up to our moral obligations. The poor and vulnerable are members of God's family and are… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Our egoism gains nothing from acts of love, but the world gains all the more. Esotericism tells us that love is to… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
Political freedom is neither easy nor automatic, neither pleasant nor secure. It is the responsibility of the individual for the decisions of… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Understand the causes of terror? Yes, we should try, but let there be no moral ambiguity about this: nothing could ever justify… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
When we're in our right minds, we are hopeful. Because the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice, nature does… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The Bible is a book that has shaped my life, my beliefs, my ethics, my moral concerns, my religious outlook. This is… — Hershel Shanks Copy Share Image
I've never been disbarred, committed or convicted of moral turpitude, and the only time I was arrested, it was a case of… — Paul Levine Copy Share Image
Every Christian church has tried to impose a code of morals of some kind for which it has claimed divine sanction. As… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
If art is to flourish in the twenty-first century, it must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life. It must… — Frederick Hart Copy Share Image
The first and most important thing is to remain free, free in each line you undertake, in your ideas and in your… — Hans Hartung Copy Share Image
Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly, I didn't believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise. If I… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
Morals were too essential to the happiness of man, to be risked on the uncertain combinations of the head. Nature laid their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
Not until he acquires European manners does the American anarchist become the gentleman who assures you that people cannot be mademoral by… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
From Britain's point of view the 1939 war had been a liberal war which had been entered into in a condition of… — Maurice Cowling Copy Share Image
The intellectual development of man, far from having get men away from war, has, rather, on the contrary, bring them to a… — African Spir Copy Share Image
...I'm saying that we (Americans) have sunk pretty low and I'm saying that you can look at the moral climate in Germany… — David Clennon Copy Share Image
Those individuals who give moral considerations a much greater weight than considerations of expediency represent a comparatively small minority, five percent of… — Leo Szilard Copy Share Image
Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Action isn't a burden to be hoisted up and lugged around on our shoulders. It is something we are. The work we… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
