“She tried to argue, and tell him that he had mixed in his dull brain two matters, theology and morals, which in… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
[Oliver Wendell] Holmes never believed in the truth and morality of the laws he was upholding. He said, "I loathe the thick-fingered… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Life does not give itself to one who tries to keep all its advantages at once. I have often thought morality may… — Leon Blum Copy Share Image
We read the Golden Rule and judge it to be a brilliant distillation of many of our ethical impulses. And then we… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
If we can get that realistic feminine morality working for us, if we can trust ourselves and so let women think and… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Ha a nők elmésnek, tehetségesnek találják, a férfiak el fogják hinni, hogy az, hacsak maga ki nem ábrándítja őket. Akkor aztán mindent… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
“If Abraham actually had sacrificed Isaac, would he therefore have been less justified?” — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the… — Walter Rodney Copy Share Image
If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring civilised morality… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's said that prayer can move mountains. Well, it's certainly moved the hearts and minds of Americans in their times of trial… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amount of privilege and therefore we have a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Don't always think about being a subordinate, otherwise you would lose your self esteem and not succeed in society.” — Saaif Alam Copy Share Image
Modern technique has made it possible for leisure, within limits, to be not the prerogative of small privileged classes, but a right… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
All the moral laws are readily translated into natural philosophy, for often we have only to restore the primitive meaning of thewords… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The Puritans thought they could simply repress man's sexual nature, and they reaped a whirlwind as a result. Their code of sexual… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice... Man has to be a man-by choice; he… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists:… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“All faults or defects, from the slightest misconduct to the most flagitious crime, Pantocyclus attributed to some deviation from perfect Regularity in… — Edwin A. Abbott Copy Share Image
Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of the extreme impulse — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image