America's habit of distilling vicious, pitiless, cynical reality into a morality play can be an oasis. — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
“It is now established by verifiable evidence that religion stultifies the brain and is the great obstacle in the path of intellectual… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser. And as… — DH Lawrence Copy Share Image
“My method is atheism. I find the atheistic outlook provides a favourable background for cosmopolitan practices. Acceptance of atheism at once pulls… — Gora Copy Share Image
[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
“The intellectual climate of the 1970s, for which the 1950s had already paved the way, contributed to this. A theory was even… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
One who is committed finds way when obstacle in endeavour tries to distract him & one who is not honest to his… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Without doubt half the ethical rules they din into our ears are designed to keep us at work. — Llewelyn Powys Copy Share Image
“There were a lot of things he could say. "Son of a bitch!" would have been a good one. Or he could… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Lawrence is the supreme poet of Eros. No recriminations, no reproaches, no guilt, no 'morality'. For what's 'morality' but a leash around… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The way you live your life always reflect in someone's life, it's left for you to determine either to encourage or to… — Vandi Tanko Copy Share Image
“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.” — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
There are some who invoke separation of church and state - to try to get the government out of the business of… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
If you just live totally, you will dissolve lots of karma. Living totally means that you experience anything that comes fully and… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
In the West, they have morality. We pretend to be moral people but we are not. We do not have a moral… — Himani Shivpuri Copy Share Image
You can go with the flow and follow trends when it comes to superficial issues, such as style, but when it comes… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
In a world where profit is consistently put before both people and the planet, climate economics has everything to do with ethics… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Any legitimate religion consists of rules of morality linked by love. That's it. — Randy Wayne White Copy Share Image