In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“I can't accept that a work of fiction should be either immoral or moral. It should merely show the world as it… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
In the business arena, the standard rules of morality don't apply. What we're really looking for is efficiency. It doesn't do anyone… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
In our generation there is no agreed-upon framework. All issues are up for grabs. Morality no longer has any broad-based theology upon… — F. LaGard Smith Copy Share Image
Americans love a morality tale, especially one that's been taken from real life. We like facile categories of good and bad, and… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The rise of capitalist practice and morality brought with it a radical revision of how the commons are treated, and also of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We are on strike against martyrdom—and against the moral code that demands it. We are on strike against those who believe that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and responsibilities, sinks… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
The numbers of distinct human societies or nations, when our race is twice its present age, may be far greater than the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Abstractions about right and wrong, whether they are as old as Thou Shalt Not Kill or as modern as Do Your Own… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Raise a child to understand how to relate well with other people, don't raise him to be egocentric. Instill in him the… — Simon Quperlier Copy Share Image
“Ah. Well, it stands for Freedom From Morality. We don't think healthy amorality happens naturally." "But you're not amoral," I pointed out.… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“Sex is, directly or indirectly, the most powerful weapon in the armoury of the Magician; and precisely because there is no moral… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“Morality means sacrificing your personal interest for the interest of the group and being immoral means keeping the interest of the self… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being,… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
A man of true honor protects the unwritten word which binds his conscience more scrupulously, if possible, than he does the bond… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality). — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
It would repel me less to be a hangman than a soldier, because the one is obliged to put to death only… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
It is still open for me, as well as you, to regulate my behavior, by my experience of past events. — David Hume Copy Share Image
While some of them acknowledge the obligation of natural morality in their mode of conducting their cases, and preserve their individual character… — George Combe Copy Share Image
“There is no enemy that respect and love will not conquer. The moral authority for survival comes from respect.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
