Bases Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear…

— Joseph Hertz

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.

— Swami Vivekananda

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against the animal…

— Anonymous

Morals excite passions, and produce or prevent actions. Reason of itself is utterly impotent in this particular. The rules of morality, therefore, are not…

— David Hume

Man has a single basic choice: to think or not, and that is the gauge of his virtue. Moral perfection is an unbreached rationality-not…

— Ayn Rand

A mans morality depends on how he treats his wife, children and friends, and how he lives his life.

— Anonymous

The moral nature of man is more sacred in my eyes than his intellectual nature. I know they cannot be divorced - that without…

— George Henry Lewes

Virtue is nothing else than right reason

— Seneca the Younger