Morality Quotes

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If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will… — Confucius
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between those who claimed that your life belongs to God and those who claimed that it belongs… — Ayn Rand
Just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim Algebra, we will see tht there is no such thing as Christian or… — Sam Harris
Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale. — Karl Lagerfeld
We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is… — Christopher Hitchens
If we are defined by reason and morality, then reason and morality must define our choices, even when animals are concerned. When people say, for… — Matthew Scully
Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for… — Michel de Montaigne
The alcoholic and the drug addict harm only themselves by their behavior; the person who violates the rules of morality governing mans life in society… — Ludwig von Mises
My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said.… — Frank Herbert
Why are those who are notoriously undisciplined and unmoral also most contemptuous of religion and morality? They are trying to solace their own unhappy lives… — Fulton J. Sheen
If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the… — Robert J. Sawyer
And the west, encumbered by crippling alliances, and hardened with a morality too rigid to accommodate itself to the swing of events, must ..... eventually… — Edward Albee
He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education a form of leprosy,… — Henry Miller
A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom, morality, and humanity. — Michael Moore
Some people's blameless lives are to blame for a good deal. — Dorothy L. Sayers
To believe that will has power over potentiality, that the passage to actuality is the result of a decision that puts an end to the… — Giorgio Agamben
Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid… — Richard Dawkins
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market.… — Tana French
Morality, for all the conditioning to which the human mind has been and is subjected, is always a personal choice in the last analysis. — John Christopher
My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is… — Oscar Wilde

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