True eloquence makes light of eloquence, true morality makes light of morality; that is to say, the morality of the judgment, which… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I feel like I've always approached criticism with a degree of morality, right? Like, not as a moralizer, but just as somebody… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
...the nonexistence of God makes more difference to some of us than to others. To me, it means that there is no… — Bertrand Russell 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
The overall similarity is probably in the mentality of law enforcement officers. There's a sense of wanting to really uphold a sense… — Benjamin McKenzie Copy Share Image
Morality arose largely as an empirical defence of the individual and society. Ever since intelligent beings began to be in contact, and… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
“Religious people today, compartmentalize their attitude to the Bible. They pay it lip service as a symbol of morality while getting their… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“A system of justice does not need to pursue retribution. If the purpose of drug sentencing is to prevent harm, all we… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
The fact that both Jews and Christians ignore some of God's or Jesus's commands, but scrupulously obey others, is absolute proof that… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a… — Claudia Roth Pierpont Copy Share Image
Men cannot labor on always. They must have intervals of relaxation. They cannot sleep through these intervals. What are they to do?… — Orville Dewey Copy Share Image
A great sense of morality was instilled in me through my upbringing in the Catholic faith - particularly because my father is… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
“If the Bible and other holy books were at all reliable sources of morality, good and bad religious people wouldn’t both be… — David Silverman Copy Share Image
If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's okay, he's God.… — Dennis McKinsey Copy Share Image
“My father hated people who preached about morality. We're all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn't count.… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
When the president says that the biggest problem of the country is corruption, they attack the morality of the president so that… — Jovenel Moise Copy Share Image
As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to… — Queen Noor of Jordan Copy Share Image
Too often in the post-9/11 world, when the time has come to translate the moral, and essentially progressive, roots of foreign policy… — Richard Just Copy Share Image
“People sometimes say that it is “old-fashioned” to define morality based on the Bible, but nothing is more “old- fashioned” than wanting… — Dannah K. Gresh Copy Share Image
Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more… — H. Jay Dinshah Copy Share Image
The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
“Sorting out what's good and bad is the province of ethics. It is also what keeps priests, pundits, and parents busy. Unfortunately,… — Thomas Cathcart Copy Share Image
Morality represents for everybody a thoroughly definite and ascertained idea: the idea of human conduct regulated in a certain manner. — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“As the savage progresses, he acquires experience and formulates codes of 'right' and 'wrong' from his memories of those courses which have… — Lovecraft H.P Copy Share Image
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question Have we anything to… — Hugo Ball Copy Share Image
“the standard of morality is raised just in proportion as Buddha-nature or real self extends and amplifies itself in different times and… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The generation of consumers who swallow this pessimistic sentiment can't see past the product to its debased morality. Instead, their excitement about… — Armond White Copy Share Image
I feel no obligation to teach my readers anything, to impart any sort of wisdom, to teach any sort of lesson, to… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Our ability to adapt and therefore to accept everything is one of our greatest dangers. Creatures that are completely flexible, changeable, can… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
“The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any… — William Golding Copy Share Image
If you say morality is just what you like, you lose the metaphysical level of what in the history of philosophy is… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when… — Zahid Abas Copy Share Image
“Morality established from Science is the key to understanding Coexistence. Science based on Morality is the reason we have prejudice for things… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I came a fabulous opera. I saw that all beings have a fatality for happiness: action is not life, but a way… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
