“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
“What people do isn't determined by where they live. It happens to be their damned fault. They decided to watch TV instead… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also. Every outcry against the oppression of some… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
“I would wish this book could take the form of a plea for everlasting peace, a plea from one who knows... Or… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
It has become an article of the creed of modern morality that all labour is good in itself -- a convenient belief… — William Morris Copy Share Image
“Truly, you understand the reverse art of alchemy, the depreciating of the most valuable things! Try, just for once, another recipe, in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Morality consists in this for each individual: to attempt each time to extend its region of clear expression, to try to augment… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
“My view [is] that what morality boils down to is, 'Don’t harm, and do help.' And now the question is, 'Can creatures… — Shelly Kagan Copy Share Image
When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. Youve asked them, Ive asked them, every thinking person… — Ravi Zacharias 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
Guess what: God created beings not to act in a morality play but to experience what is unfathomable, to elicit what can… — Richard Grossinger 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
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
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
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
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
“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
“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
“Now I want you to remember something because I don't think we shall meet again very soon. It is this; however fashionable… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous, of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“In the philosopher, conversely, there is nothing whatever that is impersonal;7 and above all, his morality bears decided and decisive witness to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Across the board... Not junkies or freaks, but people who were just as comfortable with drugs like weed, booze, or coke as… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“And we remember that there must be a balance. No birth without death. No life without tears. What is taken from the… — Jessica Khoury Copy Share Image
We believe in honesty, morality, and purity; but when they enact tyrannical laws, forbidding us the free exercise of our religion, we… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
There are three points of doctrine the belief of which forms the foundation of all morality. The first is the existence of… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and… — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
I would say I was a philosophical boy. Thoughts about 'identical stones' are the earliest philosophical thoughts I remember. But when I… — Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Copy Share Image
“Everybody has got their own definition of Morality and Religion. We all have modified it as per our convenience. Little alcohol is… — Honeya Copy Share Image
Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it. Thus if, for any reason whatsoever, moral… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
The majority of parents are poor psychologists and give their children the most questionable moral trainings. It is perhaps in this domain… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
![“My view [is] that what morality boils down to is, 'Don’t harm, and do help.' And now the question is, 'Can creatures like chickens and cows be harmed?' And the answer is, 'Of course they can.' Consequently, I think it’s immoral to harm them. And that seems to me to provide a very strong moral…” quote by Shelly Kagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/shelly-kagan-90612_animal_my-view-is-that-what-morality-boils-down_2727219.jpg)
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