A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical attitudes of thought in the young — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't pretend that all the first Zionists wanted Israel to be a moral state. For some it was quite enough that… — Jonathan Freedland Copy Share Image
Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Moral stupidity comes in two different forms: relativism and legalism. Relativism sees no principles, only people; legalism sees no people, only principles. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
As a club, we have an educational purpose: to give back to those people who love Arsenal so that they learn moral… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image
If there is any message in the 'Wimpy Kid' books, it is that reading can be and should be fun. As an… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
Without the values at the core of Christianity and other world religions, without moral norms that have been shaped over millennia, people… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced… — Carlton J. H. Hayes Copy Share Image
Theology necessitates an image of God as a conscious, rational, supernatural being of unlimited power and scope who cares about humans and… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
“Here we have the basic ingredients that define human beings as moral beings. God has given them the ability to say “yes”… — John C. Lennox Copy Share Image
The end of all moral speculations is to teach us our duty; and, by proper representations of the deformity of vice and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The first forty years of our life give the text, the next thirty furnish the commentary upon it, which enables us rightly… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is true (independently of our conceptualisation) that it is wrong to inflict pain on a sentient creature for no reason (she… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
I also think we need unconventional political action, and I increasingly think that there is a need for people of faith to… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The child's personality is a product of slow gradual growth. His nervous system matures by stages and natural sequences. He sits before… — Arnold Gesell Copy Share Image
I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Of course, this has its good side as well as its bad one. As we become permanent drunkards by so may separate… — William James Copy Share Image
The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence. — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
I am living testimony to the moral force of non-violence. I know there's nothing weak - nothing passive - nothing naïve -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
He who enjoys a good neighbor, said the Greeks, has a precious possession. Same goes for neighbour's wife. — Nicolas Bentley Copy Share Image
The wine-shops breed, in physical atmosphere of malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, the men of crime and revolution. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward… — Henry Clarence Thiessen Copy Share Image
Poetry has historically been allied with religion and morals; it has served the purpose of penetrating the mysterious depths of things. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will. — Bono Copy Share Image
The real danger of the gay movement is its necessary goal of the elimination of this moral system in order to achieve… — Scott Lively Copy Share Image
Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time,… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Providentially, learned habits can be unlearned, especially in the context of moral groups. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
One way of submitting your moral intuitions in relation to some issue to cognitive therapy is to learn more about how people… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
The value of a canvas depends almost entirely on your mental attitude, not on your moral attitude; depends on what kind of… — Charles Webster Hawthorne 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