Best 1423 quotes in «moral quotes» category

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

As in all moral panics, an accusation is enough to destroy a person's life. Hysteria trumps evidence.

As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery

A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.

A solid foundation for children involves a solid moral base

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral.

Assertion of truths known and felt, promulgation of truth from the high platform of truth itself, declaration of faith by the mouth of moral conviction--this is the New Testament method, and the true one.

A thousand moral paintings I can show That shall demonstrate these quick blows of Fortune's More pregnantly than words.

As the pleasure principle is unconstrained by a moral compass based on a respect for others, it is increasingly shaped by the need for intense excitement and a never-ending flood of heightened sensations.

Atheists should point out that life without God can be meaningful, moral and happy.

A too constant preoccupation with money may seem to indicate the lack of a proper sense of moral values, but [let] those who have always had money . . . be without it for a while, and they will soon discover how quickly it becomes their chief concern.

At the core of every moral code there is a picture of human nature, a map of the universe, and a version of history. To human nature (of the sort conceived), in a universe (of the kind imagined), after a history (so understood), the rules of the code apply.

At the center of the Christian faith is the affirmation that there is a God in the universe who is the ground and essence of all reality. A Being of infinite love and boundless power, God is the creator, sustainer, and conserver of values....In contrast to the ethical relativism of [totalitarianism], Christianity sets forth a system of absolute moral values and affirms that God has placed within the very structure of this universe certain moral principles that are fixed and immutable.

Avarice is to the intellect what sensuality is to the morals.

A woman should have the ballot, because without this responsibility she cannot best develop her moral courage.

A woman set on anything will walk right through the moral crockery without wincing.

A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter.

Being rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems.

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

Business is the real test of the moral life.

Broadly speaking, it is my conclusion that a pretty good guide to most issues of natural law is to look at those areas where you find a consensus in the Judeo-Christian tradition. I think that is roughly, not unerringly, the outline of what I would call natural law.There must be some moral values underlying any civilization; that's my guide.

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.

But Adam Smith was a philosopher as well as well as an economist, famous in his time as much for his Theory of Moral Sentiments as for The Wealth of Nations. And as he understood so well, society is more than the sum of its individual parts.

But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a constantand imperishable moral, and to the scholar it yields a classic result.

But satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft shakes some rooted folly of the age.

But dogs, which have no ability to sin nor moral conscience, do not have an ability to reject Jesus.

But in addition to all the moral evidence against the Bible, I will, in the progress of this work, produce such other evidence as even a priest cannot deny; and show, from that evidence, that the Bible is not entitled to credit, as being the word of God.

By the very constitution of our nature moral evil is its own curse.

But tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness.

But this was a moral question, and the answer to it may not have been legally relevant.

By the fulfillment of my legal and moral duty I think I have earned punishment just as little as the tens of thousands of dutiful German officials who have now been imprisoned only because they carried out their duties.

Certainly, the church is not primarily a moral institution, but the bearer of a hope.

Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.

Caring, whether for children or the dying, shouldn't be instrumental. It should be an intrinsic, moral good.