Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament. — John Locke Copy Share Image
It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
See, then, how powerful religion is; it commands the heart, it commands the vitals. Morality,--that comes with a pruning-knife, and cuts off… — Nathaniel Culverwell Copy Share Image
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“The gentleman does not promote people merely on the basis of their words, nor does he reject words merely because of the… — Confucius Copy Share Image
This demand follows from an insight that I was the first to articulate: that there are no moral facts. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the… — Angelus Silesius Copy Share Image
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Money, not morality, constitutes the principle of commercial nations. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
It's a morality film, and it poses the question 'What would you do?' I took it very seriously, just as the director… — Kevin Williamson Copy Share Image
“A strange mixture of disbelief and complete trust washed over me. On the one hand, I had no way to explain what… — Larry Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The moral absolutes rest upon God's character. The moral commands He has given to men are an expression of His character. Men… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Belief, thus, in the supernatural, great as are the services which it rendered in the early stages of human development, cannot be… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
To protest in the name of morality against 'excesses' or 'abuses' is an error which hints on active complicity. There are no… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
If you want to have a better and happy life, know your own ethics, build a sense of right and wrong for… — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
