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    Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning,--an
    endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the
    distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly
    bodies.

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Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.

Morality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and
provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Morality Quotes,
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Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question "Have we read more

Everywhere, the ethical predicament of our time imposes itself with an urgency which suggests that even the question "Have we anything to eat?" will be answered not in material but in ethical terms.

by Hugo Ball Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.

by Elizabeth Hardwick Found in: Morality Quotes,
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What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit read more

What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit the weaknesses of those who are unable to help themselves and then to fasten some moral superscription upon it. This I loathe so much that I cannot conceivably explain how much it is.

by Malcolm Lowry Found in: Morality Quotes,
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If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get read more

If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness.

by Hazrat Ali Found in: Morality Quotes,
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The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Morality Quotes,
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I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in read more

I find the doctors and the sages
Have differ'd in all climes and ages,
And two in fifty scarce agree
On what is pure morality.

by Thomas Moore Found in: Morality Quotes,
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