A moral principle is not a command to act or to forbear acting in a given way: it is a tool for… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism,… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“The co-called moral compass is a part of the human cognition, and when that compass comes into action through human behavior, it… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion...Appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines that only tend to elate… — Currer Bell Copy Share Image
It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Buzzing at the Sill is from a Theodore Roethke poem called "In a Dark Time." I'd heard a small part of it… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
At base, the ugly meaning of collaborator carries an implication of treason: betrayal of one's nation, of one's ideology, of one's morality,… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
It is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home, and the immediate surroundings of his home, as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
State violence, particularly the use of torture, abductions, and targeted assassinations are now justified as part of a state of exception in… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality, but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
It takes courage to have a conscience when you seem to see others getting something tangible out of not bothering to struggle… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Maybe that's the problem. But whether they've heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff.… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Graham functioned as a megaphone for conservative biblical ideas that dovetailed with conservative politics, including family, sexual morality, and adherence to laws.… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
“But this part of me...' Mor wiped at her tears with her free hand. 'It didn't matter as much, when my family… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“One of my friends who leads meditation retreats honors the Asian habit, as I do, of bowing to the image of the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't believe in a personal god. It's good to give thanks, whether or not there's a god. There's no reason not… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Money is the measure of morality, and the success or failure of slavery as a money-making system, determines with many whether...it should… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
I think that unless you can take judgments of right and wrong like an automaton, you must have emotions because that is… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture and I'm going to make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we would succeed in works of the imagination, we must offer a mild morality in the midst of rigid manners; but… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Whether it is suffering or joy, going through experiences in life is not so much of a karma. Depriving yourself of any… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing… — Socrates 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 contemplation lies the seed of peace – in peace lies the seed of morality - in morality lies the seed of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
How can you construct a morality if there's no morality inherent in the way things are? You might be able to delude… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
“Free will is as important to the law as it is to religion or any other code of morality. We do not… — William Landay Copy Share Image
Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
It is as easy for most of us to keep from stealing our dinners as it is to digest them, and there… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
“The truth is, morality is not driven by anything, it is the one thing that drives everything else. Morality is the fundamental… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born, in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“To act morally is not to act out of fear of punishment; it is not to act as one is commanded to… — Steven M. Cahn 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
“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
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
The values derived from religious belief will not - and should not - be accepted as part of the public morality unless… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
