Quotes About Moral

They were deployed not just to dodge a particular discussion, but to recast cynicism as a form of wisdom, and moral negligence as a form of martyrdom.

I have always regarded "atheism" in the true sense (that is, anti-theism, not simply anti-clericalism) as a moral and/or epistemic failure--perhaps a prudishness if not absence of the imagination, which when threatened can morph into bigotry toward that which one simply fails to understand. The neologism "theophobia" would not be out of place.

The heart of our Creator is to bless you. Dead religion presents a freakish caricature, a pseudo-god who is reluctant to bless his creatures unless they toe the line of impeccable moral behavior and tireless service to him. But the authentic God of the Bible blessed Adam and Eve immediately [Genesis 1:27-28] - before they worshipped, before they served, before they prayed, before they displayed any kind of action at all. The first divine act toward humanity tells us so very much about Him.

Trump shows no philosophical or moral compass and is so divisive that his negative ratings are sky high.

Fundamentally, all art is about human beings. You're always showing larger moral questions through the smaller moral, philosophical, or political choices through one character in the book.

Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department.

If there is any message in the 'Wimpy Kid' books, it is that reading can be and should be fun. As an adult reader, when I see an obvious moral lesson to be taught, I run in the other direction... Kids can sniff out an adult agenda from an early age. I'm writing for entertainment, not to impress literary judges.

If the myth of pure evil is that evil is committed with the intention of causing harm and an absence of moral considerations, then it applies to very few acts of so-called 'pure evil' because most evildoers believe what they are doing is forgivable or justifiable.

Uncle Jeff insisted that I also take a tray of unseasoned barbecue, so I could see for myself that what's going on here at the Skylight Inn does not in any way, shape, or form depend for it's flavor or quality on sauce. That is a word he pronounces with an upturned lip and a slight sneer, suggesting that the use of barbecue sauce was at best a culinary crutch deserving of pity and at worst a moral failing.

It is as though our very touch bore infection: things which in themselves are good and beautiful are corrupted by our handling of them.

From being the object of a religious experience and sanctified, poverty became the object of a moral conception that condemned

the rat of India is pernicious to the crocodile, since nature has created them enemies; in such wise when the violent reptile takes his pleasure in the sun, the rat lays ambush for it in moral subtlety; perceiving that the crocodile, lying unaware for delight, is sleeping with his jaws agape, it makes its way through them and slips down the wide throat into the crocodile's belly, gnawing through the entrails of which, it emerges at last from the slain beast's bowel

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which is deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

people do need some commandment to rule over them in our century, when god's ten have been virtually forgotten! the whole moral structure of our time rests on the eleventh commandment; and the journalist came to realize that thanks to a mysterious provision of history he is to become its administrator, gaining a power undreamed of by a hemingway or an orwell.

Humor: the divine flash that reveals the world in its moral ambiguity and man in his profound incompetence to judge others; humor: the intoxicating relativity of human things; the strange pleasure that conies of the certainty that there is no certainty. But humor, to recall Octavio Paz, is the great invention of the modern spirit. It has not been with us forever, and it won't be with us forever either. With a heavy heart, I imagine the day when Panurge no longer makes people laugh.

Mas no seu processo contra a Europa, Sartre disse bem o que representavam essas coisas, os valores: os nossos queridos valores perdem as asas; olhando-os de perto, não descobriremos um só que não esteja manchado de sangue; os valores manchados deixam de ser valores; o espírito do processo é a sua redução de tudo à moral; é o nihilismo absoluto perante tudo o que seja trabalho, arte, obra.

O humor: o relâmpago divino que descobre o mundo na sua ambiguidade moral e o homem na sua profunda incompetência para julgar os outros; o humor: a embriaguez da relatividade das coisas humanas; o estranho prazer resultante da certeza de que não há certeza.

Nunca podría hacerles daño a sabiendas –dijo Flajsman- pero no me interesa lo que pueda hacer inintencionadamente, porque eso esta fuera de mi campo de influencia, y por lo tanto, fuera de mi responsabilidad

La justicia no es cuestión de hombres. Existe la justicia de las leyes ciegas y crueles y luego hay, quizás, alguna justicia más elevada, pero ésa no la entiendo. Siempre he tenido la sensación de que vivo en este mundo al margen de la justicia.

Ihmisen todellinen hyvyys voi ilmetä täysin vapaasti ja puhtaana vain hänen asennoitumisessaan sellaiseen joka ei edusta mitään mahtia. Ihmiskunnan todellisen ja olennaisimman (niin syvällä piilevän ettemme näe sitä) moraalikoitoksen ratkaisee ihmisen suhtautuminen hänen armoillaan oleviin: eläimiin. Ja tässä ihminen on kärsinyt olennaisen perustappion josta kaikki muut tappiot johtuvat.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test, (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life

the action we take in the name of love,those are moral or immoral.and normally it wouldn't matter

Imitate Jesus and Socrates