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    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.

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The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age read more

The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age like this one the function of the moralist is not to exhort men to be good but to elucidate what the good is. The problem of sanctions is secondary.

by Walter Lippmann Found in: Morality Quotes,
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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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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.

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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Morality Quotes,
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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.

by Hugo Ball Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral
standards and values above the discoverers of objective read more

Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral
standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth.
What humanity own to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus
ranks for me higher than all the achievements the inquiring
constructive mind.

by Charles Dickens 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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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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To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.

To denounce moralizing out of hand is to pronounce a moral judgment.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Morality Quotes,
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