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Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. That is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that read more
Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. That is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good ;consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil.
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
The moral system of the universe is like a document written in
alternate ciphers, which change from line to read more
The moral system of the universe is like a document written in
alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in
our actions. Our inner balance and even our read more
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in
our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence
depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and
dignity to life.
The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.
The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.
There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their read more
There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and
vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their
cause.
