“The actual facts of morality are too much on my side for me to fear that my theory can ever be replaced… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
What our species needs, above all else, is a generally accepted ethical system that is compatible with the scientific knowledge we now… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Don't create unbelief or doubt in people's minds. When you do so you ruin their lives and you have nothing to give… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as a divine revelation in school? Where else… — Gene Fowler Copy Share Image
“But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, we… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“In your country and mine we should have the privilege of making fun of this kind of morality, but it would be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The ethical decision is always the fearsome decision. When something matters enough that we are afraid of the consequences - afraid that… — Henry W. Bloch Copy Share Image
We will not make inroads into the gun-violence problem until we acknowledge the underlying causes of youth behavior today, compared to yesterday.… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“Institutionalized torture in Christendom was not just an unthinking habit; it had a moral rationale. If you really believe that failing to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“I should say that there ought to be no war except religious war. If war is irreligious, it is immoral. No man… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
“The only prescription for morality is this: Remember that every woman could have been your mother, every girl could be your daughter.… — C. JoyBell C 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
“How will people remember you when you are gone? And for how long until they forget? Were you selfish or selfless? A… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
You who prattle that morality is social and that man would need no morality on a desert island - it is on… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There is no comfortable middle path where we get to provide a rational justification for our basic moral, religious and common sense… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“As a psychologist, I can confirm that grit is far from the only—or even the most important—aspect of a person’s character. In… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
The instinct of revenge is the force which constitutes the essence of what we call psychology, history, metaphysics and morality. The spirit… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
Certain things we cannot accomplish... by any process of government. We cannot legislate intelligence. We cannot legislate morality. No, and we cannot… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nations culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
There is a very real evil consequent on ascribing supernatural origin to the received maxilms of morality. That origin consecrates the whole… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Stargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from… — Jack Gleeson Copy Share Image
'The Dictator' - well, that was just a comedy, and I suppose the morality was incidental. It was just something to try… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of… — Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. — John Adams Copy Share Image
...180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally… — Juan Somavia Copy Share Image
it is wiser to be conventionally immoral than unconventionally moral. It isn't the immorality they object to, but the originality. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
I don't feel in any way obligated to remain current with the culture. I feel no social obligation whatsoever. I trust my… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality and its spiritual life. If we can… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
“If you study a historical episode and feel good about it, it probably means that you haven't had it explained very well.… — Patrick N. Allitt Copy Share Image
The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own… — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
“Our system of justice should reflect an understanding that any of us could have been dealt a very different hand in life.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Greaser ' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done… — S.E. Hinton Copy Share Image
“Few people can present a completely secular argument detailing why abusing toddlers is objectively wrong. But that hardly stops them from recognizing… — Scott Klusendorf Copy Share Image
“When morality is reduced to personal tastes, people exchange the moral question, What is good? for the pleasure question, What feels good?” — Francis J. Beckwith Copy Share Image
