Quotes about moral
morality behavior reason
... the conduct of an accountable being must be regulated by the operations of its own reason ... Mary Wollstonecraft
moral-high-ground two hatred
That's how hatred is created: two different groups, each insisting they're on the moral high ground Neil Strauss
moral enough pleasure
Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty. Mario Vargas Llosa
moral teach
The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it-when unpopular. Mark Twain
moral-fiber people political
Our inspired Constitution is wisely designed to protect from excesses of political power, but it can do little to protect us from the excesses of appetite or from individual indifference to great principles or institutions. Any significant unraveling of the moral fiber of the American people, therefore, finally imperils the Constitution. Neal A. Maxwell
moral ethics offensive
Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something. Oscar Wilde
moral action ethical
With intellectuals, moral thought is often less a tonic that quickens ethical action than a narcotic that deadens it. Louis Kronenberger
moral cigar five
I have only one moral precept; never smoke more than five cigars at a time.
moral moral-values values
Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am. Marian Wright Edelman
moral advertising skip
A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter. Nicholas Johnson
moral economic approach
Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values. Nelson Mandela
morality ethics enjoy
The moral sense enables one to perceive morality, and avoid it. The immoral sense enables one to perceive immorality and enjoy it.
moral figures proof
...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary... Patrick O'Brian
moral authority unesco
Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority. Lakhdar Brahimi
moral-fiber noise thick
There you go, Harry!” Ron shouted over the noise. “You weren’t being thick after all — you were showing moral fiber! J. K. Rowling
moral consideration individual
...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration. Michael Ignatieff
morality
When we talk politics, we moralize. When we talk morality, we politicize. Ravi Zacharias
moral
Once you've seen certain things, the moral compunction drives you to act. Tom Hiddleston
morality intolerance absolutes
Absolute morality leads logically to absolute intolerance. Michael Shermer
moral kind outlook
There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook. Norman Douglas
moral
You can't slice up morals. John Steinbeck
morality
There are many religions, but there is only one morality. John Ruskin
moral fangs
He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals. Patricia Briggs
moral compromise
Do whatever you can that doesn't compromise your morals. Penny Marshall
moral horror apocalypse
Horror... and moral terror... are your friends. Marlon Brando
moral dilemma making-peace
The moral dilemma is to make peace with the unacceptable May Sarton
moral judgment holes
You can't escape moral judgment through a legal loop hole. Michael Josephson
morality moral manners
Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
moral consideration parsimony
If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward. Theodor Adorno
moral categories
Intelligence is a moral category.
moral judgment novel
Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel; it is its morality. Milan Kundera
moral miserable
On devient moral de' s qu'on est malheureux. We become moral once we are miserable. Marcel Proust
morality observance
There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality. Joseph Addison