Let but the public mind become once thoroughly corrupt, and all attempts to secure property, liberty or life, by mere force of… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to say that art has nothing to do with morality. What is true is that the artist's business is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If a country is producing guns, it becomes an immoral entity and no immorals ever have the right to talk about any… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality; it presents to its students the highest moral… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
Traditional morality ... does not teach us how to let the other follow his or her own path, meet with whomever he… — Luce Irigaray Copy Share Image
“Morals can't function normally because morals have been declared intellectually illegal by the subject object metaphysics that dominates present social thought” — Robert Pirsig Copy Share Image
This is the very heart of true morality--not to struggle, not to fight with any weapons, for one's self alone--but to struggle… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
“Not only to myself or before the mirror or at the hour of my death, which I hope will be long in… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“But there was a time when each of us stood naked before the world, confronting life as a serious problem with which… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
Sir, he [Bolingbroke] was a scoundrel and a coward: a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality; a coward, because… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A sense of self has to be sought in the parade of images and products; and this culture becomes the main determinant… — Jeremy Seabrook Copy Share Image
Is it not manifest that our academic institutions should have a wider scope; that they should not be timid and keep the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you transcend the transcendent states, you get past the ego structure, and at that point you don't need laws, you have… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
“All decisions we’ve come to accept as right or wrong are ingrained in us from the society in which we abide. Rights… — John-Talmage Mathis Copy Share Image
Before we can even begin to grapple with the frustrations and tragedies of life in this world, we must do away with… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Men neglect the duties incumbent on man, yet are treated like demi-gods; religion is also separated from morality by a ceremonial veil,… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
With respect to those meanings of 'human' that are relevant to the morality of abortion, any fetus is less human than an… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The common people do not judge of vice or virtue by morality or immorality, so much as by the stamp that is… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
To pretend that civilization can exist without destroying its own landbase and the landbases and cultures of others is to be entirely… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
All preachers of morality, as also all theologians have a bad habit in common: all of them try to persuade man that… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
My parents are naive in their morality of things, and so, without realising it, I landed up being ethical and having strong… — Sonali Bendre Copy Share Image
It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Nazi danger to our Western world has long ceased to be a mere possibility. The danger is here now--not only from… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
May God have mercy on my soul , for I am a born sinner , For I fall short to temptation. Crave… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of them is knowing the difference between Morality and Wisdom. Morality is temporary, Wisdom is permanent… Ho ho. Take that one… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs --… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
When it comes to morality, I'd rather have an unfaithful president like Bill Clinton, who tried to reform welfare, than a faithful… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“it is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
From the period when I wrote La Nausea I wanted to create a morality. My evolution consists in my no longer dreaming… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
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