Compassion Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.

— Immanuel Kant

“the moral worth of an action consists not in the consequences that flow from it, but in the intention from which the act is…

— Michael J. Sandel

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

“Moral conduct,or duty,is defined as the obligation to select that action which will achieve more good than any alternative action....”

— Anonymous

Since for me moral demands necessarily flow from human psychology, I don't think we can be obliged to do something that we are not…

— Dale Jamieson

A moral principle is not a command to act or to forbear acting in a given way: it is a tool for analyzing a…

— John Dewey

Moral courage further demands that you assume the responsibility for your own acts.

— Napoleon Hill

“When we do a moral act to offset an immoral one, we are engaged in “moral cleansing.” When we do nothing, or perhaps something…

— David DiSalvo

Doing something because God has said to do it does not make a person moral: it merely tells us that person is a prudential…

— Alan Dershowitz

If you are doing something for reward or punishment, you do not have morality.

— Penn Jillette

An ethical act is one which does not harm others' experience or expectation of happiness.

— Dalai Lama

“not because the moral law enjoins unselfishness, but because, given the society in which they live, it is the way in which their impulses…

— Bertrand Russell