Philosophy Quote by Gustav Niebuhr

“ethics is at the center of both spiritual practice and social transformation. Without a strong ethical foundation, we inevitably fall into contradictions-between means and…

— Donald Rothberg

“There is a moral to it. It teaches that a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.”

— Albert Camus

Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection. It affirms that the spiritual development of the human race cannot be prematurely cut…

— Felix Adler

“The creation of one's own religion – the art of crafting one's own form of heroism – is among the highest of ideals available for man.”

— VD

Ethical existence [is] the highest manifestation of spirituality.

— Albert Schweitzer

“t the heart of Christian ethics is the conviction that our firm basis for knowing the true, the good, and the right is divine…

— R.C. Sproul

“Any religion is an illusion to others”

— Oscar Wilde

“Without morality and ethics there is no religion (dharma), the foundation of religion is morality and ethics.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Always beware of turning religion into metaphysics: Morality is its essence.”

— Voltaire

“Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But…

— Steven Weinberg

“What I was referring to was not religion as such, but a special category of abstractions, the most exalted one, which, for centuries, had…

— Ayn Rand

“Religion and ethics were not always—or even frequently—mutually compatible. The demands of religious absolutism or fundamentalism or rampaging relativism often reflected the worst aspects…

— Dan Simmons