Character Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

In the metaphysical elements of aesthetics the various nonmoral feelings are to be made use of; in the elements of moral metaphysics the various…

— Immanuel Kant

Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason,…

— Charles Darwin

People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of something 'larger.'…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon…

— Walter Lippmann

At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose…

— Abraham Lincoln

I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the…

— Oscar Wilde

The best causes tend to attract to their support the worst arguments, which seems to be equally true in the intellectual and in the…

— Ronald Fisher

To have a moral sense is not to be dogmatic in dealing with rules. It can be an open way with dealing with questions…

— Tariq Ramadan

I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of barbarians? I…

— Barbara Tuchman

I believe that an evolutionary approach specifying the foundation of our moral sense can allow us to appreciate Hindu and Muslim cultures where women…

— Jonathan Haidt

“What we now call "morality" was evolved – as nearly all social and physical human attributes were – to aid us in survival and,…

— David G. McAfee