Quote Genre: Morality

Unknown – ‘A straight line is shortest …

‘A straight line is shortest in morals as well as in geometry.’

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Henry Havelock Ellis – ‘What we call morals is simpl…

‘What we call morals is simply blind obedience to words of command.’

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Albert Einstein – ‘A mans moral worth is not me…

‘A mans moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during his lifetime.’

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H.Jay Dinsah – ‘Man must get his thoughts wo…

‘Man must get his thoughts words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are hopefully more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities?’

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Denis Diderot – ‘There is no moral precept th…

‘There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.’

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Samuel Butler the Younger – ‘Morality turns on whether th…

‘Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain. Thus it is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards it would be moral to … Continue reading

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson – ‘It is often easier to fight …

‘It is often easier to fight for one?s principles than to live up to them.’

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer – ‘The test of the morality of …

‘The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.’

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Theodore Roosevelt – ‘To educate a man in mind and…

‘To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.’

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Ayn Rand – ‘I could say to you that I ha…

‘I could say to you that I have done more good for my fellow man than you can ever hope to accomplish – but I will not say it because I do not seek the good of others as a … Continue reading

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