Community Quote by Aristotle

People of relatively low intelligence can be morally wonderful if they desire the right and the good (not necessarily under the description "right" or…

— Nomy Arpaly

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.

— Thomas Sowell

Some are born virtuous, some become virtuous. To be good by nature is indeed fortunate but to become good is like walking on a…

— Umera Ahmed

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd…

— William Ellery Channing

An individual can be truly moral only when they are their own master. From the moment when they awaken to a comprehension of that…

— Elisee Reclus

The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation.

— Lawrence Reed

We are naturally moral beings, but our environments can enhance - or, sadly, degrade - this innate moral sense.

— Paul Bloom

Some people are just naturally good. I always found ways to become good.

— Rulon Gardner

But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are morally motivated.…

— Jonathan Haidt

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

— Plutarch

Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.

— Confucius

If a person is successful, we imagine they are probably also ethical, conscientious and deserving of their good fortune. This obscures the fact that…

— Robert Greene