Ideas Quote by Honore De Balzac

Morality and immorality are not defined by man's changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless…

— James Dobson

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation...

— Robert Green Ingersoll

The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties…

— Victor Hugo

In ancient times, any man rising up above the common people tried to shape his life according to his principles; it is no longer…

— African Spir

It is only within a free society that the crucial moral features of human life can be protected and preserved

— Tibor R. Machan

Man is a moral being, only because he lives in society. Let all social life disappear and morality will disappear with it.

— Emile Durkheim

We each have all the time there is; our mental and moral status is determined by what we do with it.

— Mary Elizabeth McGrath Blake

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat.…

— Mark Twain

We may suppose that everyone has in himself the whole form of a moral conception.

— John Rawls

Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that…

— Emile Durkheim

Many a man renounces morals, but with great difficulty the conception, 'morality.' Morality is the 'idea' of morals, their intellectual power, their power over…

— Max Stirner

A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals.

— Confucius