417 quotes found
“Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian...I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does. I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.”
“People today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.”
“All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsist...”
“When, however, you have an enemy, then do not requite him good for evil: for that would shame him. Instead, prove that he did some good for you. And rather be angry than put to shame! And when you ...”
“Listen to me, kid. It dont matter what happens. It dont matter what anybody thinks or does. All that matters is that you keep fightin and never, you hear me? never give up.”
“Our best moral stories dont tell us what is right or wrong in every situation, but they show us what one character did in one situation at one time. Readers, viewers, and listeners are supposed to ...”
“She murdered for her truth, and they had died for theirs.”
“Perspective gets lost in moral certainties. Which only means that no one was ever burned at the stake by a doubter.”
“Racism negates two aspects of man's life: reason and choice, or mind and morality, replacing them with chemical predestination.”
“Thought he, it's a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan.”
“I would wish this book could take the form of a plea for everlasting peace, a plea from one who knows... Or it would be fine to confirm the odd beliefs about war: it's horrible, but it's a crucible...”
“A world that is intellectually mature but morally infantile is on the road to ruin.”
“What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?""What's the point of having a heart if you don't use it to spare others from the harsh judgements of your mind?”
“Since there is no one else to praise me, I will praise myself -- will say that I have never tampered with a single tooth in my thought machine, such as it is. There are teeth missing, God knows -- ...”
“A few people would suffer, but a lot of people would be better off.''It's just not right,' said Kevin stubbornly. 'Maybe not. But neither's your way of looking at it. There doesn't have to be a rig...”
“The popular conceptthat we should each determine our own moralityis based on the belief that the spiritual realm is nothing at all like the rest of the world. Does anyone really believe that? For m...”
“He knew what retributions your devils are liable to bring for the way you treat your wife and women or behave while your father is on his deathbed, what you ought to think of your pleasure, of acti...”
“You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath.”
“It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.”
“The bourgeoisie, which far surpasses the proletariat in the completeness and irreconcilibility of its class consciousness, is vitally interested in imposing its moral philosophy upon the exploited ...”
