Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Funny how morality, which always seems so black and white can be influenced so completely by what you were raised to believe.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“Is it better to be a bad man and accomplish great things, or be a great man and accomplish nothing?” — Vincent B. Davis II Copy Share Image
“Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
If you pretend that business is beyond morality, that's the kind of morality you get. — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
The body you're given, the mind you're given, the morality and the hang ups you're given, they're yours. Deal with it. — Kristen McMenamy Copy Share Image
A set of rules laid out by professionals to show the way they would like to act if it was profitable. — Frank Dane Copy Share Image
If you are doing something for reward or punishment, you do not have morality. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that whichis attracted… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
... the self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
“Thoreau said, ‘Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim above morality. Be not simply… — Krista Ritchie Copy Share Image
“that morality is relative, at best a personal “value judgment.” Relative means that there is no absolute right or wrong in anything;” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
Everyone has a need to do penance. It's a basic need, like washing. It's about harmony, an absolutely essential inner balance. It's… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The fact is, Scripture is filled with divine actions that don't fit our human standards of logic or morality. But they don't… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“We've also evolved the ability to simply 'pay it forward': I help you, somebody else will help me. I remember hearing a… — Greg Epstein Copy Share Image
“Shouldn't it be atheists, believing they are not being watched, who commit virtually all the crimes and fill up all the prisons,… — Guy P. Harrison Copy Share Image
Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. Its ideal… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
At the heart of our public morality is the idea that he who gives generously is most virtuous and morally praiseworthy; that… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
You have the effrontery to be squeamish, it thought at him. But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“More than Iran's enemies need artillery, guns, and so forth, they need to spread cultural values that lead to moral corruption... a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nell did not imagine that Constable Moore wanted to get into a detailed discussion of recent events, so she changed the subject.… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
