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Quotes About Morality

All prejudice presents itself as piety, propriety.
~ Hal Duncan
Well, I myself, while sometimes unkempt by nights of drunkenness and debauchery, am quite convinced a man's good character is marked by his impeccable attire.
~ Hal Duncan
Our judgments always have behind them a quality of righteousness.
~ Hal Stone
Morality, by promoting cooperative behavior, can change the whole population biology of a species, and it seems to be an important product of gene-culture coevolution in human societies.
~ Hal Whitehead
Ethnicity and morality can of course combine, giving the sense that "we" are "good" and "they" are "bad.
~ Hal Whitehead
What you have stolen can never be yours.
~ Halldór Kiljan Laxness
Vont er þeirra ránglæti, verra þeirra réttlæti.
~ Halldor Laxness
It feels kind of cool to come back from work every day without having killed anybody.
~ Hallgrimur Helgason
I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
~ Hamilton Jordan
always think what we're doing is humane,
~ Hamish Hamilton
Fuck Myself, and I am dirty dick sucker
~ Hammurabi
Nature is my God. I don't believe in the hereafter. This world is where we get all our punishment.
~ Hampton Sides
Hypocrisy is wretched because the hypocrite says with his tongue what is not in his heart. He wrongs his tongue and oppresses his heart. But if the heart is sound, the condition of the tongue follows suit. We are commanded to be upright in speech, which is a gauge of the heart's state.
~ Hamza Yusuf
People may claim to be "free," yet they cannot control themselves from gluttony in the presence of food or from illicit sexual relations when the opportunity presents itself. Such a notion of freedom is devoid of substance.
~ Hamza Yusuf
When people are completely immersed in the material world, believing that this world is all that matters and all that exists and that they are not accountable for their actions, they affect a spiritual death of their hearts.
~ Hamza Yusuf
The hadith states that the second sign of wretchedness is a lack of modesty or shame. Among the words revealed to humanity are, "If you feel no shame, do what you will.
~ Hamza Yusuf
Freedom has real meaning when, for example, a situation of temptation arises and one remains God-fearing, steadfast, and in control of one's actions.
~ Hamza Yusuf
One of the cures for heedlessness is keeping good and sincere company. It is recognized in virtually all traditions and cultures that the company one keeps has inroads to one's heart and morality. When surrounded by people who are sincere and trustworthy, one only benefits from them. Even when a person errs, good companions remind him and set him right.
~ Hamza Yusuf
Impure people oppress, and the pure-hearted not only forgive their oppressors, but elevate them in status and character.
~ Hamza Yusuf
??te bu hal, de?i?meyen bir gerçe?in etraf?nda ?ekillenir: Ne yaparsak yapal?m Allah'?n bizi gördü?ünün fark?nda olmak. Bu fark?ndal??? beslemek, insan? Hakk'? gücendirecek ve edebe ayk?r? i?ler yapmaktan al?koyar. ??te nebevi terbiyenin asaleti buradan gelir.
~ Hamza Yusuf
Some anthropologists divide cultures into shame cultures and guilt cultures. According to this perspective, shame is an outward mechanism, and guilt is an inward one which alludes to a human mechanism that produces strong feelings of remorse when someone has done something wrong, to the point that he or she needs to rectify the matter.
~ Hamza Yusuf
And she didn't once say anything about this being a sin. It used to be I got the word sin slapped in my face every time I did something wrong, but come on, when you live in a sin-free family with sin-free parents and a sin-free sister, well, you can't help but sin a little extra on their behalf.
~ Han Nolan
I wouldn't know where pure emotion, a crush as you say, stops and sex begins. Does anyone know? When does a feeling become a sin? When the body performs what is already formed in the mind? Tell me that, Red?
~ Han Suyin
Why do people who are good at families have to be smug and assume it is the only way to live. … Why can't they be blamed for being bad at promiscuity?
~ Hanif Kureishi