Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

Christianity is not a "spiritual" religion, like some religions of the east. It is an intensely "practical" religion, having its moral roots in the practicality… — Sydney J. Harris
Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. — Vittorio De Sica
Sometimes, in a moral struggle, we discover the right thing to do - just as, on some cold day long ago, we discovered mittens pinned… — Robert Breault
When one gets reports from scientists, engineers and technicians whose credibility by all common standards is high and whose moral caliber seems to preclude a… — J. Allen Hynek
Religion shows a pattern of heredity which I think is similar to genetic heredity. ... There are hundreds of different religious sects, and every religious… — Richard Dawkins
But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that… — Harriet Martineau
Revolution, in order to be creative, cannot do without either a moral or metaphysical rule to balance the insanity of history. — Albert Camus
Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern this Nation.… — Jimmy Carter
The moral of it is this: If you are of any account, stay at home and make your way by faithful diligence; but if you… — Mark Twain
The content of scientific theory itself offers no moral foundation for the personal conduct of life. — Albert Einstein
Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral… — Albert Einstein
My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the… — Albert Einstein
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I feel also not able… — Albert Einstein
The great moral teachers of humanity were in a way artistic geniuses in the art of living. — Albert Einstein
Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to children whose parents… — Simon Baron-Cohen
We do literature a real disservice if we reduce it to knowledge or to use, to a problem to be solved. If literature solves problems,… — Marjorie Garber
In The Last of Her Kind, Sigrid Nunez once again creates characters of such depth and situations of such vivid moral complexity that reading these… — Margot Livesey
Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or falsity,… — Perry Anderson
You can't make everyone happy no matter what. All I can do is live my life and try to be successful and please myself. I… — B.J. Penn
With a nonviolent movement we are still inviting a strong reaction from the government or ruling authorities. We are inviting a powerful reaction against ourselves.… — Tim DeChristopher
We are standing face to face with the barbarians. The enemy is no longer outside but inside the City, and the ruling ideology, paralysed, is… — Guillaume Faye
As for the law of moral causation ('karma'): this is human justice dressed up as cosmic justice and then imputed to the impersonal workings of… — Stephen Batchelor
The greatest threat to compassion is the temptation to succumb to fantasies of moral superiority. — Stephen Batchelor
On closer inspection, the hero status accorded to Abraham, Moses and David in the Old Testament (and echoed in the New Testament) is rooted not… — Paul Copan
Stargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from the mystery and… — Jack Gleeson

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