1,889 Quotes About Morality

CHILDREN MUST BE TAUGHT HOW TO THINK, NOT WHAT TO THINK

Clearly, the chief enemy of open conversation is dogmatism in all its forms. Dogmatism is a well-recognized obstacle to scientific reasoning, and yet, because scientists have been reluctant even to imagine that they might have something prescriptive to say about values, dogmatism is still granted remarkable scope on questions of both truth and goodness under the banner of religion

I believe that my own morality is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution [from God].

I think something innate in us understands that seeking the good of society is usually best for the individual as well. Humankind is noble, when we give it the chance to be. That nobility is something that exists independent of any God's decree.

I'm not prepared to accept a standard which puts the whole of my emotional life on the plane of immorality.

Now that ceaseless exposure has calloused us to the lewd and the vulgar, it is instructive to see what still seems wicked to us. What still slaps the clammy flab of our submissive consciousness hard enough to get our attention?

Ніколи не дозволяйте вашій моралі заважати вам чинити правильно!

We have been far taught more about shame than about our anatomy.

The test of all happiness is gratitude; and I felt grateful,though I hardly knew to whom. Children are grateful when Santa Claus puts in theirstockings gifts of toys or sweets. Could I not be grateful to Santa Claus when he put in mystockings the gift of two miraculous legs? We thank people for birthday presents of cigarsand slippers. Can I thank no one for the birthday present of birth?