Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind. — D. H. Lawrence
Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And upon this truth morality can be built. — William H. Masters
The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone, that… — Patrick Henry
Now I will avow, that I then believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence… — Thomas Jefferson
...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral… — Aristotle
I say statecraft is soulcraft. Just as all education is moral education because learning conditions conduct, most legislation is moral legislations because it conditions the… — George Will
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the… — Peter Singer
The moral climate of any organization, larger than that of the individual, is created hour by hour through the multitude of choices and behaviors of… — Rushworth Kidder
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. — Carl Jung
Personally I do not resort to force- not even the force of law- to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all… — Rutherford B. Hayes
A bifurcation of loyalties that requires religious to put canon law above civil law and moral law puts us in a situation where the keepers… — Joan D. Chittister
Why does everyone take for granted that we don't learn to grow arms, but rather, are designed to grow arms? Similarly, we should conclude that… — Noam Chomsky
Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t… — Charles Darwin
I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal, the moral sense… — Charles Darwin
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, self-interest,… — Charles Darwin
In relation to the political decontamination of our public life, the government will embark upon a systematic campaign to restore the nation's moral and material… — Adolf Hitler
Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something. — Oscar Wilde
Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and… — William Lloyd Garrison
Nothing but good can result from an exchange of information and opinions between those whose circumstances and morals admit no doubt of the integrity of… — Thomas Jefferson
The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety… — Thomas Jefferson
I will now claim - until dispossesed - that I was the first person in the world to apply the typewriter to literature. ... The… — Mark Twain
Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take… — Ban Ki-moon
There are two types of laws: there are just laws and there are unjust laws... What is the difference between the two?...An unjust law is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is an ancient Indian saying: "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." If we use this… — Patricia Schroeder

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