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The aim of morality is to give people a standard of action and a motive to work by which, they read more
The aim of morality is to give people a standard of action and a motive to work by which, they will not intensify each person's selfishness, but raise them up above it.
Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
Don't be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It read more
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.
Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.
When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
When the sun comes up, I have morals again.
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine read more
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also read more
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.