The goblins of the city may hold committees to divide a single potato, but the strong and the cruel still sit on… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“There was a wicked ole witch once called Black Aliss. She was an unholy terror. There's never been one worse or more… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“...the naive forms of Christian moral motivation - bare threats of hell and the bribery of heaven - stunt moral growth by… — Richard C. Carrier Copy Share Image
“Pro Life’ or ‘Right to Life’ movement is misnamed. Those who protest against abortion but dine regularly on the bodies of chickens,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Home schoolers do not wish to force other parents to home school. Gun owners do not insist that others buy guns, or… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
... suffering does not ennoble. It destroys. To resist destruction, self-hatred, or lifelong hopelessness, we have to throw off the conditioning of… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Morality is a neat cover for foul venom, but it does not alter the fact that the heart is vile, and the… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Our best moral stories don’t tell us what is right or wrong in every situation, but they show us what one character… — Jonathan D. Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I used to listen to so much doo-wop, and I've talked a lot about gospel music, but I realised a lot of… — Jason Pierce Copy Share Image
“If truth is what each of us believed, and we each believe differently, there would be no such thing as truth. Truth… — Jill Williamson Copy Share Image
“In the physical constitution of an organized being, that is, a being adapted suitably to the purposes of life, we assume it… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
One of the most important things liberals don't understand about conservatism, obscured by too much lazy talk about conservatism's various 'wings,' is… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
How could politics be a science, if laws and forms of government had not a uniform influence upon society? Where would be… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“For him morality was neither conformism nor philosophic wisdom, but living the infinite fullness of possibilities. He believed in morality’s capacity for… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
“All the glorified technological achievements of Progress, including the conquest of outer space, do not redeem the Twentieth century's moral poverty which… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
