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    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.

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Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel.

Evangelical faith without Christian ethics is a travesty on the gospel.

by V. Raymond Edman Found in: Morality Quotes,
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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

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Morality Quotes,
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I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you read more

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Morality Quotes,
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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.

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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.

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I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class
morality all the time . . . read more

I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class
morality all the time . . . . What is middle-class morality?
Just an excuse for never giving me anything.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Morality is of the highest importance--but for us, not for God.

Morality is of the highest importance--but for us, not for God.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens,
and found them both sublime. On the read more

Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens,
and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we
should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's
back, and find them both ingenious.

by Arthur James Balfour Found in: Morality Quotes,
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I cannot believe that this country cannot come together around some values what these kids need is a moral life... read more

I cannot believe that this country cannot come together around some values what these kids need is a moral life... the issue is not ideas, it is conduct. The real question is how we reach these young people morally, and what do we bring to them.

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