#morals

It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood. ↗

— Charles Eastman

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There are three subjects on which the knowledge of the medical profession in general is woefully weak; they are manners, morals, and medicine. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

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We have found that morals are not, like bacon, to be cured by hanging; nor, like wine, to be improved by sea voyages; nor, like honey, to be preserved in cells. ↗

— William Taylor

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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil. ↗

— Anna Jameson

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There are no morals about technology at all. Technology expands our ways of thinking about things, expands our ways of doing things. If we're bad people we use technology for bad purposes and if we're good people we use it for good purposes. ↗

— Herbert Simon

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While we are actually subjected to them, the 'moods' and 'spirits' of nature point no morals. Overwhelming gaiety, insupportable grandeur, sombre desolation are flung at you. Make what you can of them, if you must make at all. The only imperative that nature utters is, 'Look. Listen. Attend. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#morals #nature #love

God could learn a little about love and morality from us. If there’s anyone who needs redemption, it’s God. ↗

— Logan Kain

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The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#morals #self-improvement #inspirational

I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

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