Morality Quotes

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For myself, as, no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was… — Aldous Huxley
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious commitment. It is… — Joan D. Chittister
There is nothing more influential in a child's life than the moral power of quiet example. For children to take morality seriously they must see… — William Bennett
Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we… — Derek Jarman
Sexual morality - as society in its extreme form, the American, defines it - is contemptible. I advocate an incomparably freer sexual life. — Sigmund Freud
Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions. — Madame de Stael
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would be utterly inadequate… — Francis Grund
The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality. — Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks
A system of morality that is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception that has nothing sound in it… — Socrates
In the Catholic view of things, abortion is a justice issue, not an issue of sexual morality... it is a civil rights issue, arguably the… — George Weigel
There is a right and a wrong in the universe, and the distinction between the two is not that difficult to make. — Elliot S. Maggin
People in office have to become models of correct behaviour. What they say and how they act should be beyond criticism. And when they commit… — D. R. Karthikeyan
Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on… — Socrates
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. — Sallust
Moral progress is a process of isolation; the mountain tops are lonely. — Austin O'Malley
Only sometimes when we pick and choose among the rules we discover later that we have set aside something precious in the process. — Helen Simonson
Second, the reason to embrace and celebrate these novels as the countercultural event that they are is due largely to the subliminal messages delivered by… — John Granger
The whole meaning of morality is a rule that we ought to obey whether we like it or not. If so, then the idea of… — J. Budziszewski
Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue — Friedrich Schiller
During my first press conference as president, in answer to a direct question, I pointed out that, as good Marxist-Leninists, the Soviet leaders have openly… — Ronald Reagan

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