The American elite is almost beyond redemption. . . . Moral
relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded classes have
become incapable of discerning right from wrong. Everything can
be explained away, especially by journalists. Life is one great
moral mush--sophistry washed down with Chardonnay. The ordinary
citizens, thank goodness, still adhere to absolutes. . . . It is
they who have saved the republic from creeping degradation while
their "betters" were derelict.
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of its periodical fits of morality.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question "Have we read more
Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question "Have we anything to eat?" will be answered not in material but in ethical terms.
We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.
We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.
It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare
It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.
An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do
An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do
Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy read more
Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning - an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.
If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get read more
If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness.
