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"The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness"
Woodrow Wilson, Politician
"Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of"
Joseph Joubert, Writer
"Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue"
Lord Chesterfield, Statesman
"Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"In antiquity, the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad, and that their tendencies were not being corrected, and their lawlessness controlled"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit. If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die"
Xun Kuang, Philosopher
"Mankind fears an evil man, but heaven does not"
Mencius, Philosopher
"Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman"
Mencius, Philosopher
"There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage"
Gerald R. Ford, President
"Conscience allows us to do two things: pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct"
Edwin Louis Cole, Author
"It is not human nature we should accuse, but the despicable conventions that pervert it"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"We are all born brave, trusting, and greedy, and most of us remain greedy"
Mignon McLaughlin, Journalist
"From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal"
Denis Diderot, Editor
"An American tragedy in which we all have played a part"
Gerald R. Ford, President
"History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion"
Gerald R. Ford, President
"Sin is still sin - no matter how you spell it"
Edwin Louis Cole, Author
"When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was answerable"
Jock Sturges, Photographer
"Virtue could see to do what Virtue would, by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk"
John Milton, Poet
"Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness"
John Milton, Poet
"All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species"
John W. Gardner, Educator
"Elegance is inferior to virtue"
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Author
"Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence"
Louis D. Brandeis, Judge
"Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty?"
Earl Wilson, Athlete
"The imperative is to define what is right and do it"
Barbara Jordan, Politician
"This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted"
Juvenal, Poet
"No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap"
Juvenal, Poet
"For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals"
Alexandra Paul, Actress
"True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is"
R. D. Laing, Psychologist
"I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?"
Loretta Young, Actress
"A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values"
Ezra Pound, Poet
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