Moral Quotes

4082 Moral quotes by 2158 unique authors

If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist. — William Gurnall
The Christian life is stamped by 'moral spontaneous originality,' consequently the disciple is open to the same charge that Jesus Christ was, viz., that of… — Oswald Chambers
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least… — Alexander Hamilton
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu , virtue free… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Prayer is often a temptation to bank on a miracle of God instead of on a moral issue, i.e., it is much easier to ask… — Oswald Chambers
Prayer is not logical, it is a mysterious moral working of the Holy Spirit. — Oswald Chambers
You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions. — Benito Mussolini
The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice - between our aims and what we actually do - creates a moral dry rot which eats… — Helen Gahagan Douglas
The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea. — Jean-Luc Godard
One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that… — Theodore Bikel
The Trinitarian Christ is elevated above us; the Unitarian Christ is merely a moral man; neither can help us. The Christ who is the Incarnation… — Swami Vivekananda
Christ said, "Resist not evil", and we do not understand it until we discover that it is not only moral but actually the best policy,… — Swami Vivekananda
Man's chief moral deficiency appears to be not his indiscretions but his reticence. — Hannah Arendt
It clearly follows that to make men moral it is necessary to make their social environment moral. And that can be done in only one… — Mikhail Bakunin
Black! Black! Black! I am proud of being a Negro. Nor have I ever tried to beg tolerance from anyone. Superiority is not proved by… — Unknown Author
People tell me, "I'm glad you said that." But this is not a spectator sport. This is an activity that requires daily moral awakening as… — Bill Bradley
We must destroy all which in the present school answers to the organization of constraint, the artificial surroundings by which children are separated from nature… — Francesc Ferrer i Guardia
To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at political freedom is the very… — Sri Aurobindo
The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It is a miracle… — Malcolm X
I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral… — Lucretia Mott
He only has freedom who ideally loves freedom himself and is glad to extend it to others. He who cares to have slaves must chain… — Rabindranath Tagore
It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus, and ignorance, still… — R. H. Tawney
Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere… — Rebecca West
The doctrine that might makes right has covered the earth with misery. While it crushes the weak, it also destroys the strong. Every deceit, every… — John Peter Altgeld
Today, people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes, water and air pollution, hunger, the increasing erosion of moral values,… — Fethullah Gulen

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