If obedience invariably leads to cruelty, disobedience is our moral duty.
Genius in general is poetic. Where genius has been active it has been poetically active. The truly moral person is a poet.
Looking to future generations, there is no cause to fear that the social instincts will grow weaker. . . the social instincts, - the prime principle of man's moral constitution - with the aid of active intellectual powers and the effects of habit, naturally lead to the golden rule, "As ye would that men should do to you; do ye to them likewise"; and this lies at the foundation of morality.
. . . these great improvements of modern times are blessings or curses on us, just in the same ratio as the mental, moral, and religious rule over the animal; or the animal propensities of our nature predominate over the intellectual and moral. The spider elaborates poison from the same flower, in which the bee finds materials out of which she manufactures honey.
The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every day guilty of them himself; and as cautious of committing a fault as if he never forgave one.
That Newt Gingrich or any mainstream Republican has the nerve to look down from what they perceive as their moral mountaintop at anyone is laughable.
The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain.
Playing somebody who's obsessed. Playing somebody who is transgressing, and who is really crossing moral lines and ethical lines. That's always interesting.
The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life.
After the Russian army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of moral indecision and equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next.
Do you know what morals are? Morals are an obedience to rules that people laid down to help you live among them.
Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
To be an American is of itself almost a moral condition, an education, and a career.
We have no Constitution which functions in the absence of a moral people
Those who are most moral are farthest from the problem.
My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.
In Africa, villagers look up to elders; they are the moral voice of their community.
Africans believed that the woman's bare breast represented God, the circle of life and the moral cleanliness of human beings.
Drinking more often brings out the best in the good than the worst in the bad.
But there are still people whose moral superiority defeats your own.