#moral

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#morality #religion #religious-extremism #religion

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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Don't judge me. Ethics and morality no longer exist in our world. It's a luxury of the past, afforded only to those who had a future. ↗

— T.M. Williams

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The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man. ↗

— Charles Sumner

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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived. ↗

— David Hume

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The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason. ↗

— David Hume

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We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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