Absolutes Quote by Ayn Rand

In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts…

— T. E. Hulme

No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal…

— Anonymous

How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong…

— A.S. King

The moral nature of man is more sacred in my eyes than his intellectual nature. I know they cannot be divorced - that without…

— George Henry Lewes

If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

— Jonah Goldberg

No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the…

— St. Catherine of Siena

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat.…

— Mark Twain

Reason is not the sole basis of moral virtue in man. His social impulses are more deeply rooted than his rational life.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

— Albert Schweitzer

Moral character is assessed not by what a man knows but by what he loves

— Anonymous

Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.

— Swami Vivekananda

“In considering perfection initially there seems to be an axis along which there are two directions, one where we strive to be perfect and…

— Gevin Giorbran