Quotes 401 till 420 of 596.
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The chief assertion of religious morality is that white is a color. Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.
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The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.
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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of the final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
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The courage of the poets is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
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The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study.
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The courage to cooperate or initiate are based entirely on the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth as the divine mind within you tells you the truth is. It really does require a courage and a self-disciplining to go along with that truth.
Only Integrity is Going to Count (1983)Richard Buckminster Fuller
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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.
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The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
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The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.
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The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
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The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creatures that cannot.
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The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.
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The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.
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The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.
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The great instrument of moral good is the imagination.
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The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
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The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them.
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The greatest gift is the 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.
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