Character Quote by John Stuart Mill

I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the…

— Joss Whedon

Morality which is based on ideas, or on an ideal, is an unmitigated evil.

— D. H. Lawrence

Morality in its noblest forms remains inexplicable unless one takes into account that power of growth in the human soul which has led generation…

— Ellen Key

Morality, then, is not a set of arbitrary regulations dictated by a vengeful deity and written down in a book; nor is it the…

— Steven Pinker

Morality arose largely as an empirical defence of the individual and society. Ever since intelligent beings began to be in contact, and consequently in…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

— Frans de Waal

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in enforcing good…

— Arthur C. Clarke

My objection to supernatural beliefs is precisely that they miserably fail to do justice to the sublime grandeur of the real world. They represent…

— Richard Dawkins

Morality comes from humanism and is stolen by religion for its own purposes.

— Christopher Hitchens

I don't really believe in the supernatural, as far as the negativity.

— Redfoo

Moral indignation is one of the most harmful forces in the modern world, the more so as it can always be diverted to sinister…

— Bertrand Russell

The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look…

— Georges Bataille