Moral Quotes - Page 22

Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.

Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to children whose parents use authoritarian methods and punishment.

Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine awareness.

The essential thing, the ultimate goal of politics and thought, is a bigger life for the individual. A bigger life – that remains the main objective…to increase our divine attributes to have moral life.

Maybe the growth of "God" signifies the existence of God. That is: if history naturally pushes people toward moral improvement, toward moral growth, and their God, as they conceive their God, grows accordingly, becoming morally richer, then maybe this growth is evidence of some higher purpose, and maybe - conceivably - the source of that purpose is worthy of the name divinity.

It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.

You cannot talk about evil without assuming a moral framework.

But integration and equality are myths; they disguise a new segregation and a new equality...Every social order institutes its own program of separation or segregation. A particular faith and morality is given privileged status and all else is separated for progressive elimination.

Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?

Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality.

Pop music is not just a clumsy mass fanaticism, connected to a deceitful enchantment totally lacking in moral rigour.

For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer.

It is hardly a moral act to encourage others patiently to accept injustice which he himself does not endure.

All universal moral principles are idle fancies.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.

There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.

When some folks agree with my opinions I begin to suspect I'm wrong.

The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.

A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

The very life within you is longing to be joyful because joyfulness is the nature of the source of creation.

Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.