Morality Quotes

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There's no black and no white, just shades of grey...But the small betrayals lead to bigger ones, morality is eroded. — Kate Mosse
Man is certainly free, but he is responsible for this freedom before God as before men. This responsibility is inevitably moral. In order of this… — Tariq Ramadan
Maybe what frightens us about the edge isn't our fear of morality, but the thoughts it leads us to have. — Lauren DeStefano
Morality is the weakness of the mind. — Arthur Rimbaud
La vraie e loquence se moque de l'e loquence, la vraie morale se moque de la morale. True eloquence has notime foreloquence, true morality has… — Blaise Pascal
In any age courage is the simple virtue needed for a human being to traverse the rocky road from infancy to maturity of personality. But… — Rollo May
The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children. — Aristotle
Like heterosexuality, faith in immaterial realities is popularly considered essential to individual morality. — Wendy Kaminer
The case against the notion of historical objectivity is like the case against international law, or international morality; that it does not exist. — Isaiah Berlin
History is a tragegy, not a morality tale. — I F Stone
Morality consists of suspecting other people of not being legally married. — George Bernard Shaw
Every man who loves his country, or wishes well to the best interests of society, will show himself a decided friend not only of morality… — Josiah Johnson Hawes
If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil deeds may be performed in the name of patriotism, but… — Ralph Barton Perry
We must have research for peace ... It would embrace the outstanding problems of morality. The time has come for man's intellect, his scientific method,… — Linus Pauling
But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. — James A. Baldwin
Morality binds and blinds. — Jonathan Haidt
It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality. — Baron d'Holbach
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. — U Thant
So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what… — George McGovern
The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery. — Bertrand Russell

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