Blessing Quote by Thomas S. Monson

Pornography. . .overtakes lives, causing loss of the Spirit, distorted feelings, deceit, damaged relationships, loss of self-control, and nearly total consumption of time, thought,…

— Linda S. Reeves

Fear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not…

— David McCallum

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

— Bernard Tschumi

Where constraint breaks people, and mediation makes fools of them, the seduction of power is what makes them love their oppression. Because of it,…

— Raoul Vaneigem

The pain of sexual frustration, of repressed tenderness, of denied curiosity, of isolation in the ego, of greed, suppressed rebellion, of hatred poisoning all…

— Germaine Greer

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us…

— Madame de Lambert

Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this…

— Russell Kirk

Pornography and obscenity...work by specialism and fragmentation. They deal with a figure without a ground - situations in which the human factor is suppressed…

— Marshall McLuhan

“any significant and lasting transformations of society require significant changes in the moral fiber of individual human beings; for as long as greed, hatred,…

— Dalai Lama XIV

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

— William Shakespeare

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

— Tacitus

These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct…

— Confucius