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Morality Quotes by Albert Einstein
- Without "ethical culture", there is no salvation for humanity.
- The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions.
- I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his…
- An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an…
- What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of…
- Realising the healthy international relations can be created only among populations made up of individuals who themselves are healthy and enjoy a measure a independence,…
- In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or…
- The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on…
- There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward,…
- Communities tend to be guided less than individuals by conscience and a sense of responsibility. How much misery does this fact cause mankind! It is…
- Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.
- Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God.
- Force always attracts men of low morality.
- I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.
- It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some…
- The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only…
- There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.
- The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only…
- A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be…
- You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.
More Morality Quotes
- We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
- [Our goal] is to help revive America's traditional values: faith, family, neighborhood, work and freedom. Government has no business enforcing these values… — Ronald Reagan
- Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
- Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Adams
- The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- One should be wary of talking on end about such subjects as learning, morality or folklore in front of elders or people… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
- Anything which is a living and not a dying body... will have to be an incarnate will to power, it will strive… — Friedrich Nietzsche