“I sensed the schools were hiding something, drugging us with false morality so that we would not see, so that we did… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The only absurdity in which I find equally immense compassion and morality is Christianity - though the compassion is outlandish and the… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
“Many people who think nothing of buying factory-farmed ham or chicken from a supermarket are quick to condemn hunting; yet hunting is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation: The doctrine of a supreme, intelligent sovereign of the universe,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I don't believe a poet has a better hold on truth or morality than a fiction writer has. And I don't think… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Ethics, like natural selection, make existence possible. Aesthetics, like sensual selection, make life lovely and wonderful, fill it with new forms, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Sentence every immoral thought for detention and prosecution. Immorality is a powerful gadget that brings down great monuments of success. Don’t entertain… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I was a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, and my neighbor was Michael Novak, a theologian and philosopher… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“I do not listen when anyone uses the word immoral," said the Wizard. "In the young it is ridiculous, in the old… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“It was a warship, after all. It was built, designed to glory in destruction, when it was considered appropriate. It found, as… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
The question is...whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural world as the true terrain of politics, rehabilitating the… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
“[ From a May 1, 2004 article entitled "Still Up to Mischief" from The Guardian reporting on and quoting Altman ] Still,… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
“The instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derives from it. Anything that conflicts with the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Science has therefore been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The commitment to morality, or non-harming, is a source of tremendous strength, because it helps free the mind from the remorse of… — Joseph Goldstein Copy Share Image
As an immigrant, I appreciate, far more than the average American, the liberties we have in this country. Silence is a big… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Stargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from… — Jack Gleeson Copy Share Image
'The Dictator' - well, that was just a comedy, and I suppose the morality was incidental. It was just something to try… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is a very real evil consequent on ascribing supernatural origin to the received maxilms of morality. That origin consecrates the whole… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Even putting aside the Judeo-Christian morality upon which the Constitution and our nations culture are based, the notion of forced euthanasia would… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
It is safe to say that no other superstition is so detrimental to growth, so enervating and paralyzing to the minds and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The instinct of revenge is the force which constitutes the essence of what we call psychology, history, metaphysics and morality. The spirit… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
Certain things we cannot accomplish... by any process of government. We cannot legislate intelligence. We cannot legislate morality. No, and we cannot… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
The ethical decision is always the fearsome decision. When something matters enough that we are afraid of the consequences - afraid that… — Henry W. Bloch Copy Share Image
“In your country and mine we should have the privilege of making fun of this kind of morality, but it would be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is no comfortable middle path where we get to provide a rational justification for our basic moral, religious and common sense… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“As a psychologist, I can confirm that grit is far from the only—or even the most important—aspect of a person’s character. In… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible. But this much I can tell you, we… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Don't create unbelief or doubt in people's minds. When you do so you ruin their lives and you have nothing to give… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as a divine revelation in school? Where else… — Gene Fowler Copy Share Image
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
“When morality is reduced to personal tastes, people exchange the moral question, What is good? for the pleasure question, What feels good?” — Francis J. Beckwith Copy Share Image
“Few people can present a completely secular argument detailing why abusing toddlers is objectively wrong. But that hardly stops them from recognizing… — Scott Klusendorf Copy Share Image
“Our system of justice should reflect an understanding that any of us could have been dealt a very different hand in life.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Greaser ' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done… — S.E. Hinton Copy Share Image
“If you study a historical episode and feel good about it, it probably means that you haven't had it explained very well.… — Patrick N. Allitt Copy Share Image
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