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    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.

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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.

by Elizabeth Hardwick Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

by Issac Asimov Found in: Morality Quotes,
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I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

by Anne Frank Found in: Ideals Quotes, Morality Quotes,
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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

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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.

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 find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in read more

I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in fifty scarce agree
On what is pure morality.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The end never really justifies the meanness.

The end never really justifies the meanness.

by E. Duane Hulse Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

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