417 quotes found
“Only that which does not teach which does not cry out which does not condescend which does not explain is irresistible.”
“Quality - in its classic Greek sense - how to live with grace and intelligence with bravery and mercy.”
“What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like and immorality is what they dislike.”
“No morality can be founded on authority even if the authority were divine.”
“In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle.”
“He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars: general good is the plea of the scoundrel hypocrite and flatterer. For art and science cannot exist but in minutely organized part...”
“You've got to be brave and you've got to be bold. Brave enough to take your chance on your own discrimination - what's right and what's wrong what's good and what's bad.”
“Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.”
“This world is white no longer and it will never be white again.”
“Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth.”
“It is customary these days to ignore what should be done in favour of what pleases us.”
“What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.”
“You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.”
“Even moderation ought not to be practised to excess.”
“When a blind man carries the lame man both go forward.”
“I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities improve their talents but impair their virtues and strengthen their minds but weaken their morals.”
“Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential - generosity...”
“If your morals make you dreary depend on it they are wrong.”
“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.”
“Moral courage is a more rare commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.”
