Shall I not render a service to men in speaking to them only of morality? This morality is so pure, so holy, so universal, so clear, so ancient, that it seems to come from God himself, like the light which we regard as the first of his works. Has he ...
There was something terribly enthralling in the exercise of influence. No other activity was like it. To project one's soul into some gracious form, and let it tarry there for a moment; to hear one's own intellectual views echoed back to one with all...
To live with integrity, it is important to know what's right and what's wrong, to be educated morally. However, merely KNOWING is not enough. Virtuous character matters more than moral knowledge. The reason is simple: like the self-confessing apostle...
The prudent man is always sincere, and feels horror at the very thought of exposing himself to the disgrace which attends upon the detection of falsehood. But though always sincere, he is not always frank and open; and though he never tells any thing...
Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried on deviant behavior in private, but pridefully displayed it in public. It was those with moral valu...
Moral philosophers say things like, ‘What is actually wrong with cannibalism?’ There are two ways of responding to that: one is to shrink back in horror and say, ‘Cannibalism! Cannibalism! We can’t talk about cannibalism!’ The other is to s...
Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat oysters? Antoninus: When I have them, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat snails? Antoninus: No, master. Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails t...
Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence.
I think it's very hard in this day and age to raise little girls with morals, ethics and values, and them knowing that they are precious creations and that they are important.
The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
Disgust is so reassuring; it feels like a moral proof.
Tempat tergelap di neraka dicadangkan untuk mereka yang tetap bersikap netral disaat krisis moral
To dispense knowledge without moral guidance would be grossly irresponsible.
I had as lief have the foppery of freedom as the morality of imprisonment.
[A]lles ist moralisch, aber die Moral selbst ist nicht moralisch!
Until you are conscious of your conscience, you are morally unconscious.
But if you take pleasure in morality, then you are always in deficit.
Morality depends on culture. Culture depends on climate.
The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays.
To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
