Character Quote by Samuel Johnson

Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too…

— Samuel Johnson

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of.

— Joseph Butler

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils.

— Nathanael Emmons

The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and…

— Arthur Henderson

There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural…

— Edmund Burke

It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that…

— Anatole France

The child is a realist in every domain of thought, and it is therefore natural that in the moral sphere he should lay more…

— Jean Piaget

“There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to acomplish, both in the natural…

— Edmund Burke

If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But I also…

— Scott Derrickson

Evil comes to all us men of imagination wearing as its mask all the virtues.

— William Butler Yeats

A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of…

— Stendhal

Few men have imagination enough for reality.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe