Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
...only the pleasure which proceeds from a rational value judgement can be regarded as moral, pleasure, as such, is not a guide… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Do not open your mouth to tell me that your mind has convinced you of your right to force my mind. Force… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation.… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Books that teach us to dance: There are writers who, by portraying the impossible as possible, and by speaking of morality and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
It is evident from their writings that the Founding Fathers would never have tolerated the separation that we have embraced today. They… — David Barton Copy Share Image
“You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well known every-where in his true colors; his rolling eyes and… — Molière Copy Share Image
During my first press conference as president, in answer to a direct question, I pointed out that, as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Islam's basic principles of belief, worship, morality, and behavior are not affected by changing times. Islam does not propose a certain unchangeable… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
“Destination is, ideally, where one should stop; and ideally, one should not stop. Practically, destination of a great man is where he… — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice... Man has to be a man-by choice; he… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Literature deals with morality but does not necessarily, does not, qua literature, help you to be more moral, either by precept or… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
Knowing there is a world that will outlive you, there are people whose well-being depends on how you live your life, affects… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Morality—like velocity—is relative. The determination of it depends on what the objects around you are doing. All one can do is measure… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
There is no morality in the mushroom cloud. The black rain of nuclear ashes will fall alike on the just and the… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Before I can say I am , I was. Heraclitus and I, prophets of flux, know that the flux is composed of… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
“When it comes to solving problems, one of the best ways to start is by putting away your moral compass. Why? When… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
For, according to the teachings of Islam, moral knowledge automatically forces moral responsibility upon man. A mere Platonic discernment between Right and… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
Morality is neither rational nor absolute nor natural. World has known many moral systems, each of which advances claims universality; all moral… — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
“We still don't know how to put morality ahead of politics, science, and economics. We are still incapable of understanding that the… — Václav Havel Copy Share Image
“I don't think God is so jealous about our worship of Him that He will want to separate those who serve His… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“He, too, was in the grip of rage and rhetoric. I saw that, attractive though his side of the political spectrum was.… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“My unlucky star had destined me to be born when there was much talk about morality and, at the same time, more… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
“The Three Idiots: Lucifer, JC, and Naskar (Neuroskit, Sonnet 2568-2569) The other day Lucifer called, I got frustrated, and yelled, "would you… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“In any nation but the USA, it is taken for granted that a man of distinction, ability, wealth or power will keep… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live--that productive work is the process by… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If laws were real they wouldn’t need to be enforced, because if they were real they couldn’t be broken. Try breaking the… — Boyd Rice Copy Share Image
“Look into my soul, I know - everything you need is in there. It has to be. Because I've never sold my… — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
“That is the idea -- that we should all be wicked if we did not hold to the Christian religion. It seems… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“She might have seen what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world’s concern at her situation -… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Today, as in the Gilded Age, we live in a world where a morality of personal responsibility rubs shoulders with a culture… — Charles Derber Copy Share Image
The idea that boxing lends itself to cinema so well is because it's usually a morality play - good against evil, insecurity… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
The more abstractly correct and hence powerful this idea will be, the more impossible remains its complete fulfillment as long as it… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
