Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

There is also purpose in life which is almost barren of both creation and enjoyment and which admits of but one possibility of high moral… — Viktor E. Frankl
A day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they'll ask one of two questions. Either they will ask: "what in… — Al Gore
In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence to the model… — John Tukey
With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are… — Baron de Montesquieu
It is possible that the distinction between moral relativism and moral absolutism has sometimes been blurred because an excessively consistent practice of either leads to… — Richard Hofstadter
I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves,… — Joseph Crowley
Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere. — Adam Schiff
There is no task of greater importance than to give our children the very best preparation for the demands of an ominous future, a preparation… — Bruno Walter
Measure her rights and duties by the unerring standard of moral being… and then the truth will be self-evident, that whatever it is morally right… — Angelina Grimke
Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would… — Angelina Grimke
Surely if we have learned anything from the history of morals it is that the thing to do with a moral quandary is not to… — Unknown Author
Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all his threats, but… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive. — Lee Strobel
I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we… — Stephen Jay Gould
Skepticism's bad rap arises from the impression that, however necessary the activity, it can only be regarded as a negative removal of false claims. Not… — Stephen Jay Gould
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent,… — Samuel Morse
The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need… — Christopher Dawson
Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that… — Flannery O'Connor
Bodily pain affects man as a whole down to the deepest layers of his moral being. It forces him to face again the fundamental questions… — Pope Pius XII
Hindus and Westerners alike see in the meat-eating taboos of India a triumph of morals over appetite. This is a dangerous misrepresentation of cultural processes.… — Marvin Harris
Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities… — Edward Burnett Tylor
Even in the era of AIDS, sex raises no unique moral issues at all. Decisions about sex may involve considerations about honesty, concern for others,… — Peter Singer
The Church has been and now is unalterably opposed to gambling in any form whatever. It is opposed to any game of chance, occupation, or… — Heber J. Grant
Many who know something but not enough about dreams and their meaning...are liable to succumb to the prejudice that the dream actually has a moral… — Carl Jung
Looking back on 200 years of feminist agitation in this country, we've got to get it that the moral high ground doesn't get us anything.… — Naomi Wolf

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