Quotes of: Moral-issues Keyword

According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.

Into the Wild

Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

Modern Christians should not mistake our post-Victorian sense of propriety for moral purity.

Reading Between the Lines

Everyone complains of his memory, and no one complains of his judgment.

Reflexions, Ou Sentences Et Maximes Morale

The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole.

Mudwoman

Men, some to business take, some to pleasure take; but every woman is at heart a rake

Moral Essays

And yet another moral occurs to me now: Make love when you can. It's good for you.

Mother Night

Some who grow dull religious straight commence And gain in morals what they lose in sense.

Minor Poems

[...] there can be no a priori moral framework in a modern democracy [...]

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.

Lear

Above all else, above the mechanics, even, a doctor should be thoroughly grounded in morality.

In the Shadow of the Mountains

Patriotism is the primary moral armor of our ground combatants.

Sua Sponte: The Forging of a Modern American Ranger

Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.

Tales of Belkin

Morality is always derivative. It stems from one's worldview.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

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Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the Hammer

Aos políticos: «menos liberalismo e mais carácter»; aos homens de letras: «menos eloquência e mais ideia»; aos cidadãos em geral: «menos progresso e mais moral».

Os Maias

Keth, power brings with it the need to make moral judgments; history proves that. You have no choice but to make those decisions.

Oathbreakers

Morality is everywhere the same for all men, therefore it comes from God; sects differ, therefore they are the work of men.

A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong.

Pieces Of Eight

HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man? DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.

Pygmalion

Added to the moral solitude of the murderer comes the solitude of the artist, which can acknowledge no authority, save that of another artist.

Querelle