Quotes by Moral What you demand from storytelling is a moral - even political - import. I tend to shun that didactic aspect. Aleksandar Hemon demand moral political But there are still people whose moral superiority defeats your own. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn defeat moral people Not death itself, but only the moral preparation for it, holds terrors. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn moral preparation death I have no point in my system or morals where I say, 'This is too far'. Alex Borstein no-point moral Our lives depend on recognizing that human cloning, like all forms of 'playing God,' is a moral, life-promoting endeavor. Alex Epstein cloning moral form It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others. Alexander McCall Smith suffering-of-others moral imagination Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions. Alexander Pushkin our-actions moral littles The two oldest professions in the world — ruined by amateurs. Alexander Woollcott moral two world Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all. Alexis de Tocqueville moral Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives of absolute power with the moral authority that comes from popular assent. Alexis de Tocqueville moral trying men The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. Alexis de Tocqueville constitution moral law The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections. Alexis de Tocqueville moral reflection law Taxes are a universal burden in moral as well as in civil life. There is not a pleasure, social or otherwise, which is not assessed by fate at its full value! Alfred de Musset moral fate pleasure Intolerance is the besetting sin of moral fervour. Alfred North Whitehead intolerance moral sin The best companion and helper is admirable morals. Ali ibn Abi Talib admirable companion moral So the moral of this week is: if you do something really, really stupid in front of someone you're just getting to know and they still think you're awesome, then you got yourself a friend. Alicia Witt moral stupid thinking Not only our moral life, but even our use of theoretical reason - on which we rely in rationally inquiring into nature - presupposes that we are free. Allen W. Wood inquiring moral use Kant thinks that a free will is a will under moral laws and that freedom and the moral law are distinct thoughts that reciprocally imply each other. Fichte thinks they are the same thought. Allen W. Wood moral law thinking Kant says that we may regard ourselves as legislator of the moral law, and consider ourselves as its author, but not that we are legislators or authors of the law. Allen W. Wood moral law may Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues. Allen W. Wood moral virtue feelings «1234567891011»
