Philosophy & Thought: Ethics & Morality Quotes

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"All universal moral principles are idle fancies"

Marquis de Sade, Novelist

Marquis de Sade

"I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself"

Thomas More, Author

Thomas More

"Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret"

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet

Percy Bysshe Shelley

"A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own"

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet

Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness"

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet

Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Americans believe that if you know something, you should do something about it"

John Le Carre, Author

John Le Carre

"That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy"

Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian

Thomas B. Macaulay

"We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality"

Thomas B. Macaulay, Historian

Thomas B. Macaulay

"Hunger makes a thief of any man!"

Pearl S. Buck, Novelist

Pearl S. Buck

"It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late"

Pearl S. Buck, Novelist

Pearl S. Buck

"To the moralist, prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock"

Emma Goldman, Activist

Emma Goldman

"It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on"

Emma Goldman, Activist

Emma Goldman

"A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others"

Charles Darwin, Scientist

Charles Darwin

"Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds"

Democritus, Philosopher

Democritus

"Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong"

Democritus, Philosopher

Democritus

"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

Lord Chesterfield

"The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts"

Charles Darwin, Scientist

Charles Darwin

"In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual, has become natural"

Sallust, Historian

Sallust

"Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness"

Walter Scott, Novelist

Walter Scott

"I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear?"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

Billy Sunday

"He was a crystal of morality among our scientists"

Nikita Khrushchev, Statesman

Nikita Khrushchev

"All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity"

Sallust, Historian

Sallust

"To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue"

Walter Scott, Novelist

Walter Scott

"Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded"

Fulton J. Sheen, Clergyman

Fulton J. Sheen

"You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

Billy Sunday

"Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness"

Woodrow Wilson, Politician

Woodrow Wilson

"The best place a person can die, is where they die for others"

James M. Barrie, Playwright

James M. Barrie

"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

John Milton

"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

John Milton

"The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes"

Martin Buber, Philosopher

Martin Buber

"For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his whole being; it is possible to silence the conflict in the soul, but it is not possible to uproot it"

Martin Buber, Philosopher

Martin Buber

"They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience"

Joseph Conrad, Novelist

Joseph Conrad

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness"

Joseph Conrad, Novelist

Joseph Conrad

"He who is in evil is also in the punishment of evil"

Emanuel Swedenborg, Scientist

Emanuel Swedenborg

"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

Gerald R. Ford

"The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over"

Germaine Greer, Activist

Germaine Greer

"I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain"

Arthur Rimbaud, Poet

Arthur Rimbaud

"Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted"

Ellen Glasgow, Novelist

Ellen Glasgow

"All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind"

Joseph Conrad, Novelist

Joseph Conrad

"Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things"

Russell Baker, Journalist

Russell Baker

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