Ah! How neatly tied, in these people, is the umbilical cord of morality! Since they left their mothers they have never sinned, have they? They are apostles, they are the descendants of priests; one can only wonder from what source they draw their indignation, and above all how much they have pocketed to do this, and in any case what it has done for them.
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Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral
standards and values above the discoverers of objective read more
Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral
standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth.
What humanity own to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus
ranks for me higher than all the achievements the inquiring
constructive mind.
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To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.
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We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side; one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.
We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.
We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.
It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare
It is curious - curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one
of its periodical fits of morality.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
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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.
