“that morality is relative, at best a personal “value judgment.” Relative means that there is no absolute right or wrong in anything;” — Jordan B. Peterson Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“People talk about morality. Sometimes I think there’s just what you can do, and what you can’t. Well, I could. And I… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that whichis attracted… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Ethics define what people ought to do; morals describe what people actually do. The difference between them is between the normal and… — R.C. Sproul 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
All women are brought up from the very earliest years in the belief that their ideal of character is the very opposite… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“There may be some truth (atheists) do not need to believe in a god to be good, but then if they do… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
There are certain things that we can accomplish by law and there are certain things that we cannot accomplish by law or… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the… — Philip Rieff Copy Share Image
“What benefit have the Hindus derived from their contact with Christian nations? The idea generally prevalent in this country about the morality… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Thoreau said, ‘Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim above morality. Be not simply… — Krista Ritchie Copy Share Image
... the self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
If we suffer ourselves to be frightened from our post by mere lying, surely the enemy will use that weapon; for what… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand… — Derek Jarman Copy Share Image
Much of our adult morality, in books and out of them, has a stuffiness unworthy of childhood. Our grown-up conclusions often rest… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach,… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
Right and wrong as moral principles do not change. They are applicable and reliable determinants whether the situations with which we deal… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“To have thought that, with the right tests and the right lectures, I could be made into a cold-blooded, heartless killer. To… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
Such leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
To be a fully functioning moral agent, one cannot passively accept moral principles handed down by fiat. Moral principles require moral reasoning. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“Morality shoots short of heaven. It is only nature refined. A moral man is but old Adam dressed in fine clothes. The… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
... no community where more than one-half of the adults are disfranchised and otherwise incapacitated by law and custom, can be free… — Tennessee Celeste Claflin Copy Share Image
If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we… — Roland Allen Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t as easy for others to accept the darker side of themselves. Most like to cling to the notion that hesitation… — Teresa Mummert Copy Share Image
In the Buddha's life story we see the three stages of practice: Morality comes first, then concentrated meditation, and then wisdom. And… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Integrity is adherence to moral ethics, being honest to yourself, to stand for the right things, to value the principle of truthfulness… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
I believe in morality, which is doing right regardless of what I am told...not in religion which is doing what I am… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
If you impose morality on people, they will find ways to circumvent their guilt. They will make offerings to temples - or… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Is it possible that the environmental severity of the 1930s induced-particularly in the most aware, alert, and compassionate of [British] men-a morality… — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image