Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.

Dr. Johnson's morality was as English an article as a beefsteak.

I cannot believe that this country cannot come together around some values what these kids need is a moral life... read more

I cannot believe that this country cannot come together around some values what these kids need is a moral life... the issue is not ideas, it is conduct. The real question is how we reach these young people morally, and what do we bring to them.

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

The moral system of the universe is like a document written in
alternate ciphers, which change from line to read more

The moral system of the universe is like a document written in
alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is read more

So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a read more

When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something or need something, not that it is a pragmatic necessity for us to have it, but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, then is when we join the fashionable madmen, and then is when the thin whine of hysteria is heard in the land, and then is when we are in bad trouble.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.