Morality Quotes

To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense. Baron d'Holbach
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Morality is the weakness of the brain. Arthur Rimbaud
Weakness Morality Brain
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind. D. H. Lawrence
Art Mind Changes Moral Morality Rather Implicit Passionate Blood Than Didactic Essential Which Function
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one. D. H. Lawrence
On The Contrary Immorality Finer Morality He True True Artist Always Contrary Artist Substitute Substitutes
Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality. Dee Hock
Best Heart People Money Mind Neither Spirit Morality Touch Principle Motivates Nor Move Influence Cannot Body Belief Reserved
Human morality is unthinkable without empathy. Frans de Waal
Morality Empathy Unthinkable Without Human
The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice. Frans de Waal
Justice Compassion Sense Morality Pillars Human
Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. John Ruskin
Me You Tell Morality Only Like Taste
Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality. Karen Horney
Free Everyday Thou Morality Shalt Thyself Convention
The respect and protection of woman and of maternity should be raised to the position of an inalienable social duty and should become one of the principles of human morality. Maria Montessori
Respect Woman Protection Become Duty Morality Principles Maternity Human Social Inalienable Should Raised Position
Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant. Michael Shermer
Morality Myths True Motivation Irrelevant Stories Whether Meaning Express
The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality. Pat Robertson
Jews Our Alike Visible System Recognized Morality Ten Ten Commandments Most Because Commandments Being Public Foundation Symbol Christians
I believe that the financial crisis of 2008/9 exposed more a lack of ethics and morality - especially by the financial sector - rather than a problem of regulation or criminality. There were, of course, regulatory lessons to be learned, but at heart, there was a collective loss of our moral compass. Paul Polman
Heart Problem Financial Ethics Collective Believe Our Criminality Financial Crisis Sector Crisis Moral Moral Compass Morality Rather More Learned Course Were Loss Than Lack Regulation Regulatory Exposed Lessons Compass
What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality? Philip Zimbardo
Good History People Evil Good People Past Situation Morality Triumph Put Does Past History Dominate Happens Place
At times, morality can be dismissed as a matter of personal conscience, no matter how widespread its acceptance. Ethics, on the other hand, arises from societal or group commitments to principia of behavior. Sherwin B. Nuland
Acceptance Matter Behavior Ethics Group Other Morality Arises How Hand Times Personal Commitments Dismissed Conscience Societal Widespread
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. Thomas Babington Macaulay
Morality Know Fits Public Ridiculous Spectacle British
I'm sure that the standard of public morality we've helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance. Tommy Douglas
Government Health Will Build Complete Approve Morality Force Sure Health Insurance Insurance Canada Public Standard Helped
The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual. Yair Lapid
Evil Focus Perception Society Changed Our Morality Only Individual Also Because Shifted Ultimate Discovered Up The Only Thing Holocaust Stand Stand Up Thing
Our founding fathers recognized that morality was the foundation of a successful republic. William Barr
Fathers Our Recognized Morality Republic Successful Foundation Founding Founding Fathers
Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination. Adam Weishaupt
Fruit Will Morality Perform Illumination
It's not that there is a terrible morality in Hollywood. I think there isn't any. There isn't any, by and large. Alan Arkin
Think Morality Terrible Any Hollywood Large
It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality. Alan Dershowitz
War Law Morality Civilians Never Geneva Principles Acceptable Target International International Law Violates
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will. Alexander Herzen
Obedience Corruption Political Organization Will Say Latter All Religions Religions Morality More Voluntary Makes Always Pernicious Been Than Any Former Use Based Why Violence Slavery
A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all. Allen Tate
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I just think people should find the music that helps them through the day and enjoy that. I've never felt like, if somebody does or doesn't like what I'm doing, it's a morality issue. Amy Grant
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Consciousness permits us to develop the instruments of culture - morality and justice, religion, art, economics and politics, science and technology. Those instruments allow us some measure of freedom in the confrontation with nature. Antonio Damasio
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