Moral Quotes - Page 40

By the very constitution of our nature moral evil is its own curse.

... it is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease.

The moral sentiments that constrain economic life also promote it.

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.

There is a moral, of course, and like all morals it is better not pursued.

Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.

Camp is a solvent of morality. It neutralizes moral indignation, sponsors playfulness.

The two pioneering forces of modern sensibility are Jewish moral seriousness and homosexual aestheticism and irony.

Anything that makes it easier to imagine trading places with someone else increases your moral consideration for that other person.

Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

There's nothing worse than the British in one of their fits of morality.

Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.

The Romans rightly employed the same word (virtus) to designate courage, which is, in a physical sense, what the other is in a moral; the highest virtue of all being victory over ourselves.

He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a moral sentence or peevish exclamation.

Pain and disease awaken us to convictions which are necessary to our moral condition.

We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From there we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities.

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

There's nothing good, there's nothing moral about taking money from people who earn it.

Only our deep moral values and our strong social institutions can hold back that jungle and restrain the darker impulses of human nature.

Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without relying on religion.

One of the most annoying habits of liberals is their tendency to confuse their political agenda with moral virtue.

There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.

The Buddha takes no position on gods, he suggests they may exist or they may not, but either way you can live a moral life.

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues.