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Rough Johnson, the great moralist.
Rough Johnson, the great moralist.
The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.
The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.
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.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.