Best 1423 quotes in «moral quotes» category

Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without relying on religion.

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.

America is the moral force that defeated communism and all those who would put the human soul itself into bondage.

Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years.

Americans like fat books and thin women.

Americans like to make money; Canadians like to audit it. I don't know of any other country where the accountant enjoys a higher social and moral status.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

Among photojournalists there is still a sense that doing a photomontage is far graver than adding a filter. I am against this type of hierarchy that demonizes some options over others, demonizes them in respect to, what - ideology or moral code?

A moral rule is essentially 'advantage-reducing.' It prohibits you doing something you could do that would serve your interests at someone else's expense.

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

A moral system valid for all is basically immoral.

A moral choice in its basic terms appears to be a choice that favors survival: a choice made in favor of life.

A moral, sensible, and well-bred manWill not affront me, and no other can.

A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas.

A moral point of view too often serves as a substitute for understanding in technological matters.

A nation's budget is full of moral implications; it tells what a society cares about and what it does not care about; it tells what its values are.

A nation,” he heard himself say, “consists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individual’s morals are situational, that individual is without morals. If a nation’s laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and soon isn’t a nation.

A nation, as an individual, has duties to fulfill appointed by God and His moral law.

And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing.

And dead an epoch of our existence, which in a world destined to humiliate us was moral light and resistance.

And if there's a moral there, I don't know what it is, save maybe that we should take our goodbyes whenever we can.

And Nature takes no account of moral consequences, of arbitrary conditions which we create, and which we feel obliged to maintain at any cost.

And when you look at the twentieth-century experiment with collectivism-that Ayn Rand, more than anybody else, did such a good job of articulating the pitfalls of statism and collectivism-you can't find another thinker or writer who did a better job of describing and laying out the moral case for capitalism than Ayn Rand.

And the moral of the story is I'm Thom Yorke.

Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay.

An erection at will is the moral equivalent of a valid credit card.

A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our stupor and makes us confront the absolutes we believe in.

Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder. Any individual who is not concerned about his freedom commits an act of moral and spiritual suicide.

An undertaking of great magnitude and importance, the successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of unestimable difficulties and impediments which had to be encountered and surmounted, in an almost unexplored and uninhabited wilderness . . . evinced on your part a moral courage and an undaunted spirit and combination of science and management equally exciting our admiration and deserving our praise.

Anything that makes it easier to imagine trading places with someone else increases your moral consideration for that other person.

A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and moral principles.

Any true revival can be proven by the fact that it changed the moral climate of an area or nation.

A perverted moral judgment belongs to the dogmatic system.

A person is praiseworthy for a right action to the extent that her action manifests, and is rationalized by, good will, that is, concern for the right and the good, not necessarily under the description "right" or "good". A person is blameworthy for a wrong action to the extent that her action manifests, and is rationalized by, ill will - concern for the wrong and bad, also de re - or moral indifference - lack or deficiency of good will.

A peaceful, moral and conscientious person excessively deserves to be respected!

A psychological explanation of our feelings is not a moral explanation of our conduct.

Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.

Are there any good arguments in defence of moral nihilism? I think not.

Art is the indispensable medium for the communication of a moral ideal.

Aristotle said time is a measure of change, and this movie is about changing in time, through time, while remaining the same person. That's a philosophical paradox and a moral dilemma. But 'Casablanca' says it's possible. You can have both. That's what it means. And that's my wish for you: that you would have both.

A science fiction story is just an attempt to solve a problem that exists in the world, sometimes a moral problem, sometimes a physical or social or theological problem.

As a broad generalization, big businesses have no moral objections to being whores. Getting into bed with Uncle Sam is all a question of price, not principle.

As a general remark, I would say we must move from the moral to the mystical life.

As a psychopathic creature, the corporation can neither recognize nor act upon moral reasons to refrain from harming others.

Asceticism in most cases is either the result of a sordid imagination or of passion diverted from its natural course, and experience has shown that when the protection of public morals is entrusted to its votaries, the consequences are usually appalling.

A scientist shouldn't be asked to judge the economic and moral value of his work. All we should ask the scientist to do is find the truth and then not keep it from anyone.

As a society we can't live without moral considerations. We do have to protect the public good. And markets are not designed to do that, so we need a political process.

As civilization progresses, we should improve our laws basically, not superficially. Many things that are lawful are highly immoral and some things which are moral are unlawful.