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Morality Quotes - Page 10

Morality, thou deadly bane, Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain! Vain is his hope, whose stay an' trust is In moral mercy, truth, and justice!

Robert Burns (1802). “The Poetical Works of the Late Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life”, p.168

Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

Michael Shermer (2016). “Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye”, p.111, Henry Holt and Company

That economics is untrue which ignores or disregards moral values.

Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.118, A&C Black

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.

"Japan, The Ambiguous, and Myself". Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 07, 1994.

The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.

James Anthony Froude (2004). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.6, The Minerva Group, Inc.

Ten men have failed from defect in morals, where one has failed from defect in intellect.

Horace Mann (1872). “Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann ...”, p.219

Morality knows nothing of geographical boundaries, or distinctions of race.

Herbert Spencer (2016). “Social Statics: Great Essays”, p.249, VM eBooks

It wasn't God who introduced us to morality; rather, it was the other way around. God was put into place to help us live the way we felt we ought to.

Frans de Waal (2013). “The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates”, p.162, W. W. Norton & Company

Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.

"He studies where morals come from". Interview with Kelly Murray, www.cnn.com. May 16, 2013.

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.

Frances Wright (1850). “A few days in Athens: being the translation of a Greek manuscript discovered in Herculaneum”, p.176

The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard.

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.76, Hamilton Books

The creed of sacrifice is a morality for the immoral.

Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.93, Penguin