Moral Quotes

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Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions. — Martin Amis
I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain… — Jack Abramoff
Creative powers can just as easily turn out to be destructive. It rests solely with the moral personality whether they apply themselves to good things… — Carl Jung
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice. — Thomas Aquinas
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them. — Thomas Aquinas
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. — Thomas Aquinas
People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals. — Michael Shermer
Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters - where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they… — Erik Erikson
It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of… — Thomas Jefferson
Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that solidarity.… — Emile Durkheim
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man — Charles Sumner
I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss the morals of the people… — Stephen A. Douglas
Water helped ancient man learn those first lessons about the rights of others and responsibility to a larger society.... It became part of the moral… — Unknown Author
The doubts of an honest man contain more moral truth than the profession of faith of people under a worldly yoke. — Ximenes Doudan
We godless lack that certainty, and we know the world is a complex place that requires compromise and is not ruled by a moral force… — PZ Myers
Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is… — Philip Kapleau
The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a… — Henry David Thoreau
Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed ethics. This is why, when… — Theodore Beale

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